BENTLEY, NAIM AND STEVE MAZZARO COLLABORATE ON THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY

Bentley commissions Hollywood music producer Steve Mazzaro to create a bespoke soundtrack celebrating 14 years of the Naim for Bentley partnership.

Bentley and its audio partner Naim have partnered with Steve Mazzaro to produce a soundtrack developed specifically to showcase the abilities of Bentley’s pinnacle in-car sound system.

The Bentley Flying Spur

NAIM FOR BENTLEY

In the latest evolution of Naim for Bentley products and technology, the sound system in the Flying Spur features 21 speakers and transducers with 2,200 watts of amplification. Nine 80 mm advanced Balanced Mode Radiators (BMRs) deliver the core mid-range of the sound, backed up by four 6” x 9” bass drivers and a matching subwoofer. Top notes are handled by four 25 mm “Super Tweeters”, while the deepest bass is enhanced through the Active Bass Transducers in the front seats and one 32 mm transducer.

Inside the Bentley Flying Spur with the Naim for Bentley system

STEVE MAZZARO

Composer and producer Steve Mazzaro, whose recent film score credits include No Time to Die and Dune, was commissioned by Bentley to craft a piece of music that would demonstrate the power, clarity and richness of the Naim system while also reflecting a musical interpretation of Bentley’s design philosophy, being inspiring, harmonious and potent.

Steve Mazzaro in the studio

BENTLEY FLYING SPUR

The Flying Spur is the perfect concert hall for Mazzaro’s work, which is a showcase for Bentley’s Naim audio system. With a 2,200-watt amplifier driving a total of 19 speakers around the cabin and two kinaesthetic shakers in the front seats, the system has both the power and the frequency range required.

Naim for Bentley

The finished track, titled ‘The Extraordinary Journey’, will be distributed to Bentley’s global retailer network for use in showrooms, and will also be loaded into Bentley press cars around the globe.

THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY

To showcase the system, Mazzaro’s near-10-minute-long track is in three chapters, that together take the listener on a journey through three different musical styles built around the same core motif. The opening section is driven by crisp and energetic flamenco guitar and gentle piano, on a foundation of swelling bass and rhythmic ethnic percussion, demonstrating the performance of the amplifier in filtering the right frequencies to the right speakers.

The second chapter is more orchestral, reflecting Mazzaro’s movie soundtrack background and highlighting incredible harmony around the cabin of the car. The richness of string instruments comes to the fore, before a quieter and calmer section played on acoustic guitar demonstrates the exceptional clarity delivered by the Naim option.

The third and final section truly exemplifies the word ‘potent’, as the motif transforms into an electronica-driven symphony of phenomenal depth and power before the music reaches its climax with additional strings and electric guitar.

Once written, Mazzaro turned to some of the best instrumentalists in the world to bring the score to life. With in-person recording not possible thanks to Covid-19, the musicians recorded themselves remotely from countries around the world, before Mazzaro assembled their individual and extraordinary talents into one cohesive whole.

You can listen to the track here (MP3):

HiFi Pig Says: Even if you don’t have a Bentley, you can still listen to the track and imagine.

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