How to Layer Melodies Using Rhythmic Displacement

Ray Harmony · Apr 4, 2019 · 4m

Learn how to write melodies that are layered with rhythmic displacement, using a music theory hack from Mogwai “Hungry Face” (Les Revenants / The Returned soundtrack).

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THEORY

Scottish band Mogwai wrote the soundtrack for the TV show Les Revenants (The Returned) back in 2012. In the main theme “Hungry Face”, there’s an innovative approach to layering melodies by using rhythmic displacement, which has gone rather unnoticed and therefore unappreciated. So, what’s rhythmic displacement? And why did theirs go unnoticed? Well, rhythmic displacement is when…