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Translating Literature into Music


The Music

TransProse is an investigation, and I don't claim to be making beautiful music yet. This iteration is a starting point to see if I could programmatically translate the basic emotions of a novel into a musical piece that holds the same basic emotional feeling.

Peter Pan

Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 6
Tempo: 180
Key: C Major



Heart of Darkness

Highest Emotion: Fear
Second Highest Emotion: Sadness
Baseline Octave: 4
Tempo: 122
Key: C Minor



The Road

Highest Emotion: Sadness
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 4
Tempo: 42
Key: C Minor



A Clockwork Orange

Highest Emotion: Fear
Second Highest Emotion: Sadness
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 171
Key: C Minor



The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 167
Key: C Major



Alice in Wonderland

Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 150
Key: C Major



Anne of Green Gables

Highest Emotion: Joy
Second Highest Emotion: Trust
Baseline Octave: 6
Tempo: 180
Key: C Major



Einstein's Dreams

Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 6
Tempo: 180
Key: C Major



Little Prince

Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 133
Key: C Major



Lord of the Flies

Highest Emotion: Fear
Second Highest Emotion: Sadness
Baseline Octave: 4
Tempo: 151
Key: C Minor



Norwegian Wood

Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 172
Key: C Major



To Kill a Mockingbird

Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 132
Key: C Major

The audio clips were uploaded with the help of SoundCloud and embedded on this page.  The graphs above are generated by SoundCloud as part of the embedding; they are not relevant to the emotions of the novel.