A Ballenas Secondary School graduate is one of two composers behind this season乌鸦传媒檚 Vancouver Canucks game opening video.

Krystian Watts, who grew up in Parksville and now lives in Vancouver, created the music for 乌鸦传媒楶rotocol V: Activated乌鸦传媒�, an A.I.-themed video that plays at the start of every Canucks home game this season on the jumbotron. He and Devin Belanger worked on the project for approximately three months.

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Watts has a diploma in audio engineering and composes music using a program called Ableton. Prior to that, he had already found success in the music industry as part of a music duo and as a DJ.

The 3:43 video shows an A.I. entity invade Vancouver and the Canucks have to create A.I. versions of themselves to defeat it and save the city.

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They had a script to give them an idea of what would happen in the video, and were told the director wanted it to have a 乌鸦传媒渟uper raw feeling乌鸦传媒�, Watts said.

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For the heroic finale, Watts said he and Belanger aimed for a sound reminiscent of a blockbuster movie.

They recorded live guitar riffs and then processed it electronically to make it sound extra raw, Watts added. Strings and percussion are also integrated into the composition.

Growing up in Parksville, Watts was involved in Bard to Broadway and started DJing in high school.

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Watts wasn乌鸦传媒檛 able to attend the home opener, but he and Belanger were thrilled to see their video play at the Canucks乌鸦传媒� next home game.

He encourages people to keep working towards their dreams.

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