Sometimes, it takes a while for a song to break out of someone’s head and into the world. “The One Uncoded” by Leyla Romanova represents this perfectly: it’s a glitch in the system, a loud call from someone who’s finally woken up.
Born in Moscow, trained in classical composition, and shaped by the symphonic minds of Tchaikovsky and John Williams, Romanova has always lived between worlds. Her music doesn’t pledge allegiance to genre, but rather functions as moods trapped in sound. Her creations, heavily inspired by film music, move like the surreal sensation of déjà vu when life and fiction blur. And that’s exactly where this track was born.
At age 11, Romanova watched The Matrix, and it made her re-evaluate everything she knew. “I realized nothing was impossible,” she says. But a traumatic event in 2012 dimmed that light, leaving her drifting as if she was moving through life on autopilot. Then, years later, came a revelation, as if someone told her “What the hell took you so long?” – and with it, a shock of recognition, a return to The Matrix 4, and a jolt back to life. That moment was the very beginning of “The One Uncoded.”
It’s a piece brimming with tension and awe, laced with the haunting, ethereal vocals of Baku-based singer Elnarə Xəlilova, whose voice seems to travel through timelines. You can hear Romanova’s cinematic instincts everywhere: the track plays like an unscored scene, a chase sequence through the inner world. The sound isn’t fixed in one place. It warps, pulses, refracts. It’s music that belongs in a film, mirroring everything that occurs on the screen in a sonic manner.
“In life, I often have to stay silent – but never in music,” she says. In “The One Uncoded,” she speaks boldly, providing a red pill in audio form. For fans of The Matrix, futuristic soundscapes, or movie scores in general, this one’s a must-listen.
Check out “The One Uncoded” here.
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