What is Symphonologie?

Sentiment Analysis The process begins by identifying the biggest topics in business and tech. We compile articles on these topics—enough to fill a 600-page book—and analyze them for emotionally charged words and overall sentiment.

Generative Music The outcome of the emotional analysis is categorized into eight different sentiments and the data is transposed into musical elements like key, tempo, pitch and note length. The music is arranged into a midi file and assigned a sample instrument, like piano. This audio file gives us our first taste of the music of business.

Composition & Arrangement The music files are provided to the composer who identifies musical motifs to build his symphony around. His goal is to stay true to the spirit of the generated melodies, while intensifying the emotive tones to give a better sense of the changing sentiment through the piece.