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Matthew Bellamy

Matthew Bellamy. Music 1010-046 By: Missuky Bui-Cervantes. Biography. Matthew Bellamy is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and pianist of English rock band “Muse”. He writes most of all the songs and string arrangements.

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Matthew Bellamy

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  1. Matthew Bellamy Music 1010-046 By: Missuky Bui-Cervantes

  2. Biography Matthew Bellamy is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and pianist of English rock band “Muse”. He writes most of all the songs and string arrangements.

  3. Matthew James Bellamy was born on June 9, 1978 in Cambridge and later moved to Devon, England where he grew up. His father was a musician. He was in a band called “The Tornadoes”.

  4. He learned how to play the piano at age 6 but it wasn’t until the age of 10 or 11 that Bellamy had a desire to learn the piano. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c02gBveKq70 He fell out of playing the piano for a while as he turned his interest to guitar.

  5. The Early Days The beginning of the band was formed by Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard, and Chris Wolstenholme, they were called “Rocket Baby Dolls”.

  6. Bellamy described them looking like “The Cure” but sounding like “Rush”. He learned to write music and wrote hundreds of songs.

  7. Philip Glass, Rachmaninoff, Lizst, and Chopin were his introduction to discovering the mystery side of music. The band changed their name to “Muse.”

  8. In October 1995 a guy by the name of Dennis Smith (owner of Sawmills Recording Studio) discovered them. Their first recording and a self- titled EP was released on the Dangerous label in 1998. Another EP followed but in spite of their success no English label record wanted to sign Muse on due to Bellamy’s “vibrato-laden” high pitched vocal.

  9. The American label Maverick Records decided to take a chance on the band, giving them a number of gigs in the US and in the end signed them on. John Leckie, the producer of Radioheads’ hit album “The Bends” produced Muse’s first album “ Showbiz”. Their first single from the first album “Plug in Baby” hit number 11. Their second single “New Born” was in the top 20.

  10. Musical Influence Bellamy is inspired by pianists from the Romanticism period. Jimi Hendrix Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine Queen Freddy Mercury

  11. Won “Best Live Band” at the Kerrang Awards. They have also been featured on all three of the Twilight soundtracks. Their third album “Absolution” topped the charts in the U.K. and France. They recently received “Best Rock Album” for “The Resistance,” their latest album.

  12. Composition History I Belong to You (+Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix) Exogenesis: Symphony Part I (Overture) Unintended

  13. “I Belong to You (+Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix)” Written by Matthew Bellamy, recorded, produced, and performed by Muse. French part of this song is an excerpt taken from the French opera “Samson et Delilah” by Camille Saint-Saens. This track has a bit of classical and jazz influence. Was recorded between 2008-2009 in Moltrasioand Milan, Italy. Released on September 15, 2009 in the U.S and Canada.

  14. “Exogenesis: Symphony Part I (Overture)” Track number nine on Muse’s 2009 album “The Resistance.” Presented as a “rock” symphony. Written by Matt Bellamy over the course of several years, recorded, produced and performed by Muse. Was released on September 14, 2009 in the UK, and released in the United States on September 15, 2009. Is a symphony about humanity coming to an end and scientists researching to find another planet for humans to live in.

  15. “Unintended” This song is on Muse’s first recorded album “Showbiz.” Was released on September 28, 1999 Produced by John Leckie. Mixed by Paul Reeve, Muse (Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme, and Dominic Howard,) and John Leckie. They were included in Q’s “50 Best Albums of 2000.” Was Muse’s first single to hit the top 40.

  16. Listening Guide

  17. “I Belong To You (+Mon Coeur S’Ouvre A Ta Voix)” 0:00 Intro: Begins with a catchy and lively piano riff, conjunct melody, quadruple/simple meter. 0:24 Verse 1: Sung in a melodic manner that goes nicely with the moving piano rhythm and upbeat tempo of the drums. 0:46 Verse 2: Similar to verse 1 except towards the end the tempo and the drums sound a bit faster than the first verse. 1:03 Chorus: Begins with “ah ahahah” each “ah” becomes forte and longer. The music is still very much like verse 1. 1:27 Verse 3: Bellamy sings with much emotion, “ah’s” come in preparing for the chorus while the drums do a fill. 1:43 Chorus: Same sound as the first chorus but near the end drums descend as well as Matt Bellamy’s vocals the piano is diminuendo then stops. 2:16 Bridge: Bellamy sings in French in a very delicate manner, he plays the piano line with such devotion and gracefulness, adagio tempo. The crescendo by the piano turns forte and fast in tempo. 4:35 Instrumental Solo: Bass Clarinet, very unique sound, low timbre, forte sound. 4:58 Chorus: Bass Clarinet gets softer or the drums and piano get louder, fades out. 5:38 Ends

  18. “Exogenesis: Symphony Part I (Overture)” 0:00 Intro: Starts with the violins in arpeggiated chords in minor key. Harmony is dissonant and grave tempo, accompanied by the rumble of the drums and brass instruments, ascending giving a dark feeling. String instruments are diminuendo and the deeper string instruments are crescendo both playing in and out. 1:42 Verse 1: The drums are played mezzo-grave tempo while the string instruments give it the intensity and is medium-fast in tempo. 2:30 Chorus: The chorus sounds very much like verse 1, in the chorus he questions everything “who are we, where are, when are we, why are we.” The drums are still played mezzo-grave tempo but they fade out at the end of each beat that is played. The guitar joins. 2:59 Verse 2: Bellamy sings in a haunting manner in this verse while the backup singers sing in homorhythm. The searing of the guitar gives it that rock-n-roll sound and the drums start to pick up in tempo towards the end of this verse. 3:42 Chorus: In this last chorus the string instruments play as cymbals are heard and the fast rolls of the drums, then, breaks into a very quick roll of the drums and the string instruments descend as the vocals do. 4:18 Ends

  19. “Unintended” 0:00 Intro: Begins in major key with a melodic acoustic guitar riff, medium-slow tempo and a consonance harmony. The guitar becomes lento and diminuendo. 0:15 Verse 1: Timbre of the guitar increases in volume but remains lento, melody is conjunct. 0:42 Verse 2: Sounds like verse 1 but with synthesized sounds at the end of this verse. 1:09 Chorus: Acoustic guitar is accompanied by a backup guitar and the sound of the drums can be heard in the background. Volume is more forte and in minor key. 1:37 Verse 3: Drums are more prominent in this verse presenting a harmony in major key, while the rhythm of the acoustic guitar still remains slow and steady. 2:04 Verse 4: Sounds similar to verse 3, however, the lyrics are particularly the same as verse 1 except, “you could be the one I’ll always love” from verse 1 is replaced with “you should be the one I’ll always love.” 2:32 Chorus: This chorus is exactly the same as the first chorus but backup vocals are added. Bellamy sings more forte in this chorus along with the backup vocals. 2:59 Chorus add-on: Chorus add-on music is the same as the previous chorus as well as the lyrics but adds “before you” at the end of this chorus and backup vocals are singing “ooh oohooh.” 3:57 Ends

  20. Bibliography Lyrics Hall. (2011). Retrieved February 14, 2011, from Lyricshall.com: http://www.lyricshall.com/lyrics/Muse/Exogenesis+Symphony+Part+3+Redemption/ Bellamy, M. (2009, August 24). An Interview With Muse's Guitar Hero, Matt Bellamy. (L. Parker, Interviewer) Ferrin, C. E. (2002-2011). Listen To The Music. Retrieved from Kendall Hunt Publishing Company: http://webcom3.grtxle.com/musicapprec/index.cfm Kaufman, G. (2009, September 21). Muse To Provide Exclusive Remix For 'New Moon' Soundtrack. Retrieved February 14, 2011, from MTV News: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1621942/muse-provide-exclusive-remix-new-moon-soundtrack.jhtml Raymond, M. (1999-2011). A Muse Website. Retrieved February 14, 2011, from microcuts.net: http://microcuts.net/uk/biography/

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