The Mountains of Saturn

The Mountains of Saturn will be the first official mindfulness product from C.E. Samuel Scoring, LLC. Specifically, this album was created as an introduction to the concept of Instant Mindfulness. As the world has become busier and many people seem to want ways of taking care of their own mental health, it is more apparent to me that being able to turn on music that instantly calms the mind and readies it for a yoga or therapy session is much needed. The Mountains of Saturn is my attempt to imagine the sound on the surface of the planet. If you were standing there now, what would you hear?

Saturn has always fascinated me with its rings and its beauty. This album was made using Logic Pro X and a variety of off-the-shelf software with very little to no sampling. I also used iZotope’s suite of production software to make sure the sounds were balanced and had the feel I wanted.

I will share the sounds I used to capture the feeling of Saturn so that other composers who have similar tools and wish to make their own otherworldly creations have a good starting point. The sounds used in this album are as follows: