Music Brief

Project First Light

BR-2026-7694 · Waypoint Financial · Q3 brand campaign, new customer acquisition · Issued May 21, 2026 · Due May 24, 2026

◆The Scene

Waypoint is repositioning from legacy regional bank to accessible wealth-building partner. Spot follows a young family making their first investment decision together. Picture is locked. VO is warm but direct. We need a score that feels earned, not given.

◆The Music

Write as a film composer scoring optimism without sentimentality. The track should be confident but restrained, hopeful yet grounded.

◆Direction

→Open sparse, strings, piano foundation. Build through harmony and texture, not volume. Avoid heroic climax; land on steady resolution instead.
→Orchestration should feel human-scaled. Solo cello or small string section over pulsing piano. Light woodwind color acceptable. No brass, no timpani.

◆References

Dustin O'Halloran, Opus 23 ↗

Use: Sparse piano-and-strings chamber register is right. But lean slightly warmer, less melancholic. We want forward motion where Dustin holds stillness.

Ólafur Arnalds, Near Light ↗

Use: Textural restraint and quiet optimism are perfect. But strip the electronics. Keep it fully acoustic, chamber-sized.

◆Sonic DNA

Genre

Orchestral

Mood

Hopeful

Tempo

Slow, 72-84 BPM

Key

Major tonality preferred, but avoid obvious resolution. Modal color acceptable.

Length

:30 master, :15 lift from final third

Type

Fully instrumental. No lead vocals. Non-lyrical choir pad or hum texture acceptable if it serves the chamber register, but not required.

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