The Desert Music: Second Movement (Moderate)
Steve Reich, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas
The Desert Music
6:59 September 13, 2005
BPM
123
Key
F♯ Major
Camelot
2B

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The Desert Music: Second Movement (Moderate) by Steve Reich, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas Song Details

"The Desert Music: Second Movement (Moderate)" by Steve Reich, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas had its release date on September 13, 2005. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. There are a total of 7 in the song's album "The Desert Music". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, The Desert Music: Second Movement (Moderate)'s popularity is not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With The Desert Music: Second Movement (Moderate) by Steve Reich, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas having a BPM of 123 with a half-time of 62 BPM and a double-time of 246 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F♯ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-14.929 dB
Acousticness
93%
Danceability
48%
Energy
36%
Instrumentalness
65%
Liveness
25%
Loudness
75%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
9%

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ISRC
USNO18510102
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records