2024 · DAE graduation animation

Ray

Ray is a DAE graduation animation about a stone giant who discovers dance. I composed its disco-funk score, timing the bass, brass and percussion to his movements.

Composer · Pro Tools · Logic Pro

The film

The stone giant kneeling in a shaft of light on a cave floor, one hand raised into the beam

Disco-funk for a stone giant

Slap bass, drums, brass and sax give the dance its rhythm. I marked the key movements in the animation, then adjusted the music so its strongest hits land on Ray’s actions.

The finished film with the score.

Writing for the cinema screening

I joined the film eight days before its cinema screening. Three rounds of feedback with the animation team helped me tighten the timing and arrangement. Tijn Valcke and Charlie Vervaecke created the film’s sound design.

The end credits over Ray, sitting in headphones, naming the music and the sound design

Film credits, including music and sound design.