Cinematic songs that make life feel like a movie
Some songs turn an ordinary day into a film scene. These by ELYAZ are for the walk home under the city lights, the long road toward someone, and the last scene of the story.
The songs
Remember Home
City lights, memories flashing by, and home coming with you.
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Break the Distance
A desert road under a blue sky, walking toward someone.
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The Place Where We Belong
After the storm, the shore finally comes into sight.
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Wildlands
One last climb to the highest mountain, then the way home.
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What makes a song cinematic
A cinematic song works like a film score with lyrics. It builds slowly, opens up in the chorus and leaves space for pictures. Wide sounds, big changes in volume and a clear rise toward the end are what make a song feel like a scene. Here is where to hear it in these four:
- Remember Home
- Fast pop at 155 BPM. In its video the song starts the moment an old radio is switched on, then rides through a city of lights at night.
- Break the Distance
- A galloping country feel under an electronic beat at 128 BPM, like a long road filmed from above.
- The Place Where We Belong
- Quiet verses and a chorus that opens up like the sea. It reached number one on Spotify’s Local Pulse chart in Los Angeles.
- Wildlands
- A choir, war cries from far away and big drops. It became one of the anthems of the official UNTOLD Festival 2021 Aftermovie.
Common questions
- What are cinematic songs?
- Songs that sound like they belong in a film: they tell a story with their structure as much as with their lyrics, and they leave room for images in your head.
- Are cinematic songs only instrumental?
- No. Film scores are mostly instrumental, but cinematic songs can have lyrics. What makes them cinematic is the build, the space and the feeling of a scene.