I recently watched the Loki series on Disney+ and I was completely blown away by the soundtrack. I have noticed a recent trend in TV/film soundtracks to go back to the retro synth soundtrack style from the late 70s and 80s and this soundtrack for Loki by Natalie Holt took the spirit of that sound and modernized it at the same time. I highly recommend giving it a listen.

Anyway, watching (and listening) made me feel a little nostalgic for that 70s/80s synth sound so I turned to one of my favorite virtual instruments, SynthMaster2 by KV331. I was just burning through arpeggiator presets and I came across this classic sound that Jean Michel Jarre used on either Equinoxe or Oxygene and I decided to roll with that sound and do something that sounded like JMJ from that period of time. Of course, there is no way I can even think of matching his genius, but it truly was a lot of fun making it. I haven’t listened to JMJ for a long time and while composing this piece, I made sure to stay clear of his music to make sure I wasn’t ripping anything off and now that it is complete, I will need to go listen to make sure that I didn’t rip anything off subconsciously. If I feel that it is in the clear, I will release it on the next album (maybe by the end of the year?).

(P.S. I checked and I didn’t rip anything off. Phew!)