I have releases on CPU, Clone and Nous'Klaer among others and I work with great people at, for example, Ableton, Native Instruments, Plugin Alliance and Modal. At the moment I can be found on Instagram a lot and I share tutorials and hardware jams. In addition, I am working on a new album and preparing to come back to Europe in March.
Short Scores: Nadia Struiwigh
In Short Scores, Eye on Sound playfully pushes at the boundaries of film music. We asked a new generation of musicians and composers to create new mini film scores to accompany a short piece of film of their choice from Eye’s collection. Nadia Struiwigh chose 'The Lane' on Sunday Morning (1899).
By Thijs Havens02 June 2022
For Short Scores, Nadia Struiwigh wrote a new soundtrack for 'The Lane' on Sunday Morning (1899), a fragment from Eye's collection.
Can you briefly introduce yourself?
Hey! I'm Nadia Struiwigh, an electronic producer/performer from the Netherlands, Rotterdam, now based in Sydney. I am mainly focused on ambient and experimental music.
Why did you choose this specific film fragment?
At first I had chosen a different fragment. After watching the previous concept a few times, I didn't feel any spark and I finally chose this fragment. I am a big fan of limitation and simplicity, and I immediately felt that with this fragment. As you can see, the shot consists of one shot, while there is a constant movement and that makes it very exciting.
What inspired you in making this score?
The image triggered me enormously because it is very mysterious. It's not clear what's happening, other than there's a lot of dynamism and movement. Normally I would work with very organic sounds, but this time I felt an electronic feel to it. I knew right away that I wanted to work with rhythm, movement, and minor.
How did you tackle the project?
Feeling is the most important thing for me, but also for a film score. Does the image fit the music and does it give you a certain feeling? With this imagery I felt no special emotion like anger, sadness or cheerfulness. It was... mysterious and exciting. I knew I could convey this feeling with my Elektron Analog 4 (hardware), so I decided to work with hardware. I closed my eyes, and I started jamming with that feeling. I've added a few hooks to that (higher tones). To show people in my score, I added a recording of walking and talking people. This completed the picture. Finally, I imported everything into my DAW to make sure that the sound and image are in sync.
All Short Scores to date
Every three weeks, we will add a new clip accompanied by fresh new music to the Short Scores collection, which will therefore keep growing.