An Eye for Optical Theory by Michael Nyman Band Song Details

"An Eye for Optical Theory" by Michael Nyman Band had its release date on April 17, 2006. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:28, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. There are a total of 7 in the song's album "The Composer's Cut Series, Vol. I: The Draughtsman's Contract". In this album, this song's track order is #3. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. The popularity of An Eye for Optical Theory is currently not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With An Eye for Optical Theory by Michael Nyman Band having a BPM of 171 with a half-time of 86 BPM and a double-time of 342 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Vivace (lively and fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 9A. So, the perfect camelot match for 9A would be either 9A or 8B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 9B or 10A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6A and a high energy boost can either be 11A or 4A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 8A would be a great choice. Where 12A would give you a moderate drop, and 7A or 2A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-24.296 dB
Acousticness
79%
Danceability
19%
Energy
17%
Instrumentalness
44%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
60%
Speechiness
7%
Valence
9%

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ISRC
GBDVE0500055
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records