Project: alphabets
Series: Album a Month — January 2010
Release date: 2010-01-18
Archive location: _Documentation/Music/alphabets/LIFEBEFORETIMESOUNDTRACK
Tracks: 10
Format: MP3
Type: Soundtrack
A soundtrack for an unknown project called Life Before Time. This is a significant outlier in the album-a-month series: it’s explicitly a soundtrack (the word is in the title), suggesting it was composed for a specific visual or theatrical work rather than as a standalone music release.
The track titles are almost entirely non-descriptive: sounds 1 through sounds 9 (with sounds 2 absent, and the sequence non-sequential: sounds 7, 5, 4, 2, 1, 6, 3, 8, 9 in order). The opening track — silence then outtro from meditation — is the only evocative title and is substantially longer than the others (28MB vs. ~7MB each for the numbered tracks), suggesting it functions as a prelude/outro piece.
The numbering of the tracks doesn’t match the order (sounds 7 comes before sounds 5 before sounds 4, etc.) — this may reflect the order they were composed rather than the intended playback order, or it may indicate the numbered tracks were created as a library and the soundtrack sequenced the silence then outtro piece as a primary element.
“Life Before Time”: What was this project? Possibilities include a short film, a live performance, a theatrical piece, or a personal artistic statement. The title has resonance — “life before time” suggests prehistory, eternity, or the imagination of a state before linear experience. Given Colin’s 2009-2010 output, this could be connected to an early performance at Rhinoceropolis or another Denver DIY space.
Track Listing
- silence then outtro from meditation (~28MB — substantially longer)
- sounds 7
- sounds 5
- sounds 4
- sounds 2 (animal ghost bumps calls) (only numbered track with a subtitle)
- sounds 1
- sounds 6
- sounds 3
- sounds 8
- sounds 9
Archive Notes
- File dates: 2010-01-18
- “sounds 2” has a subtitle: “(animal ghost bumps calls)” — the only track with additional description
- Track ordering doesn’t follow numerical sequence — archive order preserved above
- Confidence medium: the project “Life Before Time” has not been identified; nature and release status of the soundtrack unknown
- No sounds numbered 10+ despite going to sounds 9
Research Gaps
- What was Life Before Time? Film, performance, gallery piece?
- Was this soundtrack shared with the work’s creator? Was it used?
- Is there any documentation of a “Life Before Time” project in the Denver arts scene circa 2010?
Archive: _Documentation/Music/alphabets/LIFEBEFORETIMESOUNDTRACK