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Why Blending Organic and Synthetic Sounds Creates Powerful Music

Why Blending Organic and Synthetic Sounds Creates Powerful Music

Nathan Fields
November 28, 2025

The Rareform Rundown #89

Hello Friends,

Nathan here. Keeping it simple this week. It has been a steady stretch, and I’ve been taking a little time to reset and settle back into a good rhythm. A short pause usually brings some clarity.

This week’s posts touch on two different sides of music. One looks at how organic and synthetic sounds work together in film to build tension in a quiet, gradual way. The other explores recent research on how music habits later in life connect to long-term cognitive health.

Let’s jump in.

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Hyped to share that our track Shantars by Denis Kaydalov made it into this spot for The Sun Rises On Us All.

This blog takes a closer look at a recent study on how music habits later in life relate to cognitive health. Researchers followed a large group of adults in their seventies and tracked how often they listened to music or played an instrument. People who kept music in their daily routine showed a lower chance of developing dementia, and each type of engagement carried its own set of benefits.

The post breaks down what the researchers found, how listening and playing differed in their impact, and the role education seemed to play in the results.

Click below to read the full post:

Study Finds Listening to Music May Reduce Dementia Risk

A new study of adults aged 70 and older finds that consistent music listening and instrument playing may be linked to reduced dementia risk. The research highlights music as an accessible way to support cognitive health, though causation is not confirmed. #MusicResearch #CognitiveHealth #DementiaAwareness

www.rareformaudio.com/blog/listening-to-music-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk

Most people imagine a score as either a full orchestra or something completely electronic, but a lot of the real character shows up when those two worlds overlap. That in-between space is where things start to feel both familiar and a little unsettling in the best way.

Organic instruments bring warmth and human detail. Synthetic textures add that distant, slightly strange edge. When they sit together, the music holds onto something real while still pushing you into a different kind of atmosphere.

The contrast is what pulls you in. A simple piano line drifting over a quiet pad or a cello brushing against a detuned drone can create tension without ever calling attention to itself. And when the blend is right, the line between natural and synthetic almost disappears. You just feel the shift.

Why Blending Organic and Synthetic Sounds Creates Powerful Music

Discover how blending organic instruments with synthetic textures creates powerful storytelling in music. From subtle contrasts to intense layers, this technique builds tension, emotion, and atmosphere. Featuring our customized track “Going Westward” in the Tales of the Underworld trailer. #MusicForFilm #TrailerMusic #SoundDesign #SyncLicensing #RareformAudio

www.rareformaudio.com/blog/blending-organic-and-synthetic-sounds

Talk to you next week! I appreciate you.

-Nathan

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