Red Bread (Soundtrack)
"Red Bread" is one of the song titles featured on the Team Fortress 2 Official Soundtrack, listed as track number 21. Added after the Love & War Update, it is a full version of the music heard at the beginning of the Expiration Date film, and is one of 33 main menu startup themes.
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Analysis
Key: G Minor/C Minor
Time Signature: 4/4-2/4
Tempo: 87-130 BPM
Length: 2:11
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Update: Love & War
Composer: Mike Morasky
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 2 trumpets, 4 trombones (3 tenors, 1 bass), tuba, organ, electric bass, drumset, bongos
Underscoring the beginning section of Expiration Date, "Red Bread" is written in a big-band style, and utilizes the blues scale in its main melodic material.
The track opens with a flute introduction, the serenity of which is soon interrupted by the brass section section. Low brass falls into their own rhythm, playing steadily over a highly syncopated, funk-based groove played by drumset, bongos, and electric bass. A trumpet crescendo leads into a melody utilizing almost primarily notes of the C minor blues scale, played by tenor and baritone saxophone, and trombones 1, 2, and 3. Bass trombone and tuba hold down punctuation on the bass line, and trumpets continue to crescendo on their own above the melody. Flute is then introduced again for a "bluesy, aggressive" solo, playing above the established melody. Following the flute solo, a short bridge leads into a tenor saxophone solo, helping to carry the band to the conclusion. Tenor saxophone harmonizes with the flute to end with the rest of the ensemble on a G.
Update history
- Added a new startup music track from Expiration Date.
Trivia
- The name of the song is a reference to the bread truck that was driven by the Red team at the beginning of the Expiration Date film.
- A part of this song is used before the round starts in Casual Mode (0:09)
