9 minutes of animation that will rewire your brain's relationship with sound.
DEO A reimagining of Deo Gratias (ca. 1497) by Johannes Ockeghem. A Film by Eric Leiser. Animation by Eric Leiser. Composed by Pauline Kim Harris and Spencer Topel Deo is an acoustic-electronic transcription of Johannes Ockeghem’s stunning Deo Gratias devised as a complement to Ambient Chaconne. Notable as a 36-part canon, Ockeghem evokes singing of angels in heaven via an innovation on a traditional canon, using this ancient musical device as a kind of acoustic feedback delay. In essence, our Deo expands this idea of delays to a canon of thousands, in an ever expanding and infinite soundscape, where the melodies eventually dissolve into resonance.
Sound
Thousands of canons dissolving into pure resonance.
Direction
Leiser's stop-motion meets cosmic timelapse.
Cinematography
Nature footage that feels alien and intimate.
Director
Eric Leiser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ockeghem's original 1497 Deo Gratias was a 36-part canon representing angels singing in heaven—one voice per heavenly sphere.
The 'acoustic feedback delay' concept literally turns medieval compositional technique into proto-electronic music, making 15th century monks accidental pioneers of ambient.
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