A four-volume cinematic series

CinewaveRedux

Music by Lionel Cohen

Sweeping analog textures and dramatic soundscapes channeling the bold rhythms and emotional architecture of 1980s film scores.

The Series

Cinewave Redux arrives as a four-part odyssey through the emotional architecture of the decade that gave cinema its most arresting sonic identities. Composer lionel Cohen draws from the same wells as Tangerine Dream, Giorgio Moroder, and Harold Faltermeyer — the hiss of analog tape, the surge of sequenced synthesizers, the cinematic pause before something inevitable occurs.

"Like watching rain fall on a neon-lit highway at 2 a.m. — tension, beauty, and forward momentum, all at once."

Cinewave Redux operates as a modular soundtrack system — not a linear release. Each return produces a different narrative. The music moves freely between tonal extremes: high-stakes neon noir in the spirit of 1980s urban cinema, and intimate melodic passages reminiscent of coming-of-age films. No fixed order. No prescribed path. The listener assembles their own narrative.

There is no canonical sequence. Tracks are designed to function independently and in combination across albums. Shuffle between volumes. Build your own pacing. Treat it like film editing rather than album playback.

The Four Volumes

Cinewave Redux 1 album cover by Lionel Cohen

Vol. 01

Cinewave, Redux 1

The opening statement. Wide-screen and searching — a protagonist arrives in a city that doesn't know his name yet. Driving sequences, glittering skylines, and the slow build of something that cannot be stopped.

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Cinewave Redux 2 album cover by Lionel Cohen

Vol. 02

Cinewave, Redux 2

Deeper into the night. The city is familiar now, but no safer. Slower pulse sequences and expansive pads create an atmosphere of beautiful menace — surveillance, intimacy, and the weight of a decision not yet made.

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Cinewave Redux 3 album cover by Lionel Cohen

Vol. 03

Cinewave, Redux 3

The pivot. Everything accelerates. This is the volume for chase sequences, revelations, and confrontations at dawn — propulsive arpeggios, escalating tension, and the dramatic surge of a story reaching its critical axis.

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Cinewave Redux 4 album cover by Lionel Cohen

Vol. 04

Cinewave, Redux 4

The end credits roll. A melancholic, expansive finale — the city recedes, the protagonist walks into an uncertain horizon. Sweeping orchestral synths carry the emotional weight of a journey completed, and the quiet cost of what was left behind.

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The Composer

Artistlionel Cohen
SeriesFour Volumes
GenreCinematic Synth / Retrowave
FormatAnalog Modeling / Orchestral
UseFilm · TV · Sync Licensing

lionel Cohen is a composer working at the intersection of vintage synthesizer music and contemporary cinematic scoring. His work draws directly from the analog tradition — hardware modeling, magnetic tape hiss, the grain and warmth of a sound world that predates digital perfection.

The Cinewave Redux series represents his most ambitious project to date: a fully realized four-act cinematic narrative told entirely through music. Cinewave Redux is not a just concept series. It is a world. Four albums constructed as interchangeable film fragments — each track a scene, each sequence a shift in tone. Crime tension, suburban longing, night drives, emotional collapse, quiet triumph.

Cohen's influences span the iconic soundtrack work of John Carpenter, Giorgio Moroder, Tangerine Dream, and Vangelis — composers who proved that synthesizers could carry the full emotional weight of human drama. Cinewave Redux is his answer to that legacy, built for the present moment.

"The synthesizer is not a limitation. It is a different kind of orchestra — one built for the night."

Stream & License

▶ 01 Redux 1 ▶ 02 Redux 2 ▶ 03 Redux 3 ▶ 04 Redux 4

All four volumes available for sync licensing, film placement, and broadcast. Contact via dna-productions.