Silver Sonnets | The Watchful Tree

Film MusicFilm

Apr 6

Silver Sonnets is a music project focused on creating cinematic musical kaleidoscopes—blending the rich, organic tones of instruments like grand marimbas, horns, strings, and choirs with acoustic or electronic rhythms, synth textures, field recordings, and atmospheric guitars. The goal is to merge traditional and modern elements in a way that feels both natural and rooted in exploration. Each piece is imagined as a movie for the ears—an immersive soundscape that invites new musical experiences.

The Watchful Tree is the latest release from Silver Sonnets. The title draws from the folklore of The Watchful Tree, a name once given to silver birch and aspen trees, whose trunks appear to bear watchful eyes in their bark. These haunting, eye-like scars—formed where branches once grew—evoke the feeling of being observed by the forest, suggesting an ancient awareness rooted deep in nature.

To capture the organic atmosphere I was after, I filmed, photographed, and field recorded in Hoge Vuursche, a forested area in the Netherlands, blending visual and auditory elements, anchoring the project in a real, tangible place.

Music:
For this EP, I used a curated selection of cinematic instruments from Sonic Couture, Spitfire Audio, The Crowhill Company, and Fracture Sounds, including Tonal Drums, Kora, All Saints Church Organ, Grand Marimba, Petrichor Woodwind Ensemble, Fragile String Evolutions, Eric Whitacre Contrast Choir, Hearth and Hollow Folk Voices and Dot Allison Dulcet Voice.
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Moog Minitaur Bass Synth
Sequential OB6 Polysynth
Fender Jazzmaster Guitar
Eventide H90 effects processor
Recorded and produced in Ableton Live
Field Recording:
Audio-Technica BP4025 Stereo Mic
Rycote Blimp wind protection
Zoom F3 32-bit float recorder
Music Video:
Blackmagic Pyxis 6K
Canon C70
DJI Mavic 3 Pro
Sigma Art Prime Lenses
Edit and grade in Davinci Resolve

Cover Artwork Photography:

Fujifilm GFX 50s MKII
GF80mm 1.7 Prime Lens