2/12/2025
AI Lofi Beats
Tools Used
- Suno AI
- Veo 3
- Premiere
- Photoshop
AI Lofi Beats
Reimagining Favorite Scores
I wanted a soundtrack I could write to that still carried the emotional weight of my favorite films. So I built AI Lofi Beats—a looping playlist of chill covers drawn from soundtracks like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Phantom Thread, The Lord of the Rings, and The Social Network. Each track is reborn as mellow study music without losing the original vibe.
The Workflow
- Source the cues. I pull the original MP3s for the themes I love and isolate the sections that loop well.
- Generate re-interpretations. The clips go straight into Suno AI, where I prompt alternate styles (jazz trio, dusty vinyl, rainy synth, etc.) while preserving the core melody.
- Paint the vibe. For each cue I craft a lofi-style scene inspired by the film’s characters—think “lofi girl” energy but reskinned for Gondor, the cutting room at Wieden+Kennedy, or a MIT dorm at 3 a.m.
- Animate the loop. I feed the artwork into Veo 3 to build a soft, breathing loop that matches the tempo and color palette of the remix.
- Stitch the reel. The Suno covers and Veo loops get sequenced together into a single MP4 compilation that drifts between each track seamlessly.
Why It Works
- Familiar melodies, new context. Recognizable compositions keep the emotional throughline while the new arrangements make them easy to play on repeat.
- Visual storytelling. The looping scenes anchor each track in its cinematic universe without overwhelming the audio.
- Agent-friendly production. Once the prompts are tuned, generating new volumes is just a matter of queuing up fresh cues.
The result lives as a cozy study session: nostalgic scores, chilled out energy, and enough narrative texture to keep fans of the originals locked in.