I'm gonna try and create a calm, peaceful version of my ostinato. There's a few things I need to consider. First is the timbre. I've chosen here to use a flute, and that's because it creates a really calm and peaceful timbre. If I was to use, for example, really punchy brass instruments, that wouldn't create the sense of calm and peace that I'm going for. So carefully choose your timbre to find something that suits that atmosphere. Secondly, I'm gonna think about my articulation and dynamics. Now, I want smooth articulation if I'm trying to create a sense of calm and peace, so I'm gonna be playing legato, trying to play really smoothly between the different notes. And I'm gonna be using some soft dynamics. If I'm playing very loud and dramatically, that's gonna not create that calm and peaceful mood. Now my ostinato at the moment is these four notes. (keyboard keys chiming) And in the action sequence version of it that I created, it used driving rhythms and fast repetitive rhythms as well to create a real sense of energy. Here, I want the opposite, I want it to feel really calm and really peaceful. So I'm gonna play it high pitch because that helps create this sense of calm and peace, and I'm gonna play it smoothly. And in terms of rhythm, I want to be using some slow rhythms. So rather than driving fast rhythms, I'm gonna be recording it using slow rhythms. Here we go. (timer beeping) (calm music) So I've recorded in there playing minimums, as you can see, it's quite slow sustained notes. And that's the foundation, the groundwork for this calm version of the ostinato. Now, in terms of texture, there's a couple of things I want to think about. I don't want it to be so thin a texture that it's just this one flute playing on its own. I don't think that's gonna be as musically interesting. So I do want to thicken the texture slightly. However, I don't want to thicken it so much that it feels really busy and energetic like I did in my action sequence. So I'm gonna add one or two other parts to slightly thicken the texture, add some musical interest, but not so much that it goes over the top and creates too energetic and dramatic a feeling. I'm gonna add another track, and there's a few ways we can do our other parts. The first one, I've decided that I'm gonna use a percussion instrument, and I'm gonna play that ostinato, but fast and super high pitched on this glockenspiel here. I'm gonna do something like this. (glockenspiel chiming) Just to add a little bit of color and interest. So I'm still basing it on those notes, but I'm gonna change the rhythm slightly so it's not the same as the flute. And I'm gonna play it super high pitched to add a bit of color. So I'll record that in there. (timer beeping) (calm music) So that's already adding some interest. I think that's a nice little bit of color, but it still doesn't sound dramatic and energetic, which is the key point. And then my third track, again, I could develop something using those notes of that ostinato, or I could try and use a simple chord part. And for this, I've decided I'd like to use a piano. That's 'cause a piano is often really evocative an instrument. It creates a really interesting atmosphere and it's often used by film composers when they're trying to create emotional scenes, or also sort of nostalgic scenes as well. So I think this might work quite well here. And I know at the moment that my ostinato is based on the notes of D-minor, the scale. So I could just use a D-minor cord and sustain it throughout to add a little bit of color, that would sound like this. (keyboard keys chiming) So it's still calm and peaceful, but it's gonna add a little bit of interest to that texture. So I'll record that in now. (timer beeping) (calm music) So I've recorded that in. Just gonna make sure that it starts exactly on beat one. And then what I can do is I can just loop it so that the whole thing lasts for eight bars, so it should repeat four times. Let's have a listen. (calm music) (calm music continues) So I'm really happy with that. I think it creates a really calm and peaceful mood by using that ostinato, and carefully thinking about timbre, dynamics, articulation, and texture.