Ascension

Ascension

Pitch Hammer MusicRef. PVG 011
11 tracks20:20Released 24/04/2024

Vanguard presents ASCENSION: LONG RISES, your one-stop shop for slowburn tension and excitement. Just as advertised, each track showcases long (30-60+ second) ascenders, ramps, uplifters, swells, and tension-builders, perfect for your slow-cooking, frog-boiling productions. This collection features a variety of unique instrumentation and gripping sound design, from neo-classical pizzicatto strings and ghostly choirs to pulsing synths and sirens, along with plenty of attention-grabbing signatures, blaring alarms, tense tickers, and slamming hits.

Composers

Hector Soler MontanerJorge Hervas MartinezHector Soler Montaner (SGAE)Jorge Hervas Martinez (SGAE)Ryan Huntley AndrewsMark DenisSych AntonChristian TschuggnallDellexSteingrimur Thorhallsson

Pitch Hammer Music

tracks

Exodus

Ascension

Eerie drones, mysterious signatures, and tense tickers give way to a powerful pulsing synth rise gradually building in intensity.

1:34 · 100 BPM

Above The Throne

Ascension

Attention-grabbing signature benders kick off a long slowburn rise, featuring incessant synth pulses, menacing blasts, air raid sirens, percussion clacks, and heavy hits.

1:54 · 108 BPM

Activate

Ascension

Low throbbing bass signatures, wobbly drones and muted percussion lead into a tense long rise with intensifying synth pulses, powerful percussive hits and persistent tickers.

1:33 · 140 BPM

From Hell To Heaven

Ascension

Muted pizz strings repeat an ascending motif and intensify as rising sound design slowly builds around them, culminating in an explosive finale.

2:50 · 140 BPM

Elevation

Ascension

Roughly bowed string signatures and rattling metals are featured in this tense and slowly building long rise.

1:23 · 120 BPM

Stormcraft Voyage

Ascension

Mysterious swirling piano textures and benders give way to explosive hits and gritty guitar riffs over a long, slow rise. An action-packed finale features blaring sirens and racing percussion.

1:40 · 120 BPM

Dreadful Ascent

Ascension

Ghastly choir is featured over dark synths in a mind-bending, disorienting ascent featuring some truly gnarly textures and distortion.

2:06 · 120 BPM

Strike Of Steel

Ascension

Muted pulsing alarms and perc build and intensify as eerie drones swirl and ascend.

1:52 · 120 BPM

Breathless Rise

Ascension

Sharp synth signatures and clicky percussion build over long rising synths and pulsing synth basses in this action-packed ascent featuring tight foley and breathy accents.

1:31 · 140 BPM

Sinister Climbs

Ascension

Solo cello is featured with both long continuous glissandos and short staccato accents, accompanied by rising string and synth textures and accelerating tickers.

2:14 · 130 BPM

Leaving Reality

Ascension

Bright chimes, piano, and tickers build while swirling string and synth textures descend and ascend simultaneously, culminating in a huge climax with monstrous perc hits and roaring signature blasts.

1:43 · 132 BPM