Ernest Grann

A forest that transforms — from cautious mystery to radiant dance, then back into shadow.
Composed before the war. Preserved in silence. Reborn in the REBIRTH era.

This is a hybrid orchestral journey, where:

• Apocalyptic cellos carve through the undergrowth
• Sunlit clarinet and oboe drift like golden mist between branches
• Modern drums and evolving rhythms pulse from tense pop-rock to a luminous waltz
• And the forest itself breathes — shifting from fear to joy, then folding back into enigmatic stillness
  But the story begins much earlier.
  The first sketch of this piece was born when I was 25, working at Privat TV Dnipro.
  A whimsical animated series about these strange, gentle creatures was in development — but never made it to screen.
  The music, however, stayed with me.
  I carried the arrangement in memory for years, until in 2020, it finally emerged — no longer just a thought, but a living sound.
  A sound that still holds the forest’s hush, its shifting light, its cautious wonder.

🎼 Genre: Cinematic / Orchestral / Hybrid
🎧 Mood: Evolving, mystical, reverent
🌀 Structure:

• Opening: cautious strings, shadowed movement
• Middle: rhythmic awakening, melodic interplay
• Culmination: sunlit waltz — the forest dances
• Finale: return to mystery — the trees whisper again

“This is not just a track. It’s a memory that refused to fade.
A forest that never stopped waiting to be heard.”

I directed and filmed Skryabin’s landmark music video “Bulterier”, a work that has become part of the history of Ukrainian music. Created in 2000, the video captured the energy, irony, and rebellious spirit of the era.
The song’s lyrics by Kuzma Skryabin reflect sharp irony toward “Europe” and the social manners of the early 2000s, turning the piece into a cultural document of its time. The bulldog image became a symbol of defiance and freedom, while the video itself served as a visual manifesto of the band’s new stage.
My role as director and cinematographer was to shape this vision into a coherent and powerful audiovisual statement — blending style, protest, and cultural resonance into a work that continues to be recognized as iconic within Ukraine’s music history.

Music video “Invite Me Into Your Dreams” — created by Film Plus Production studio in 2002, with Ernest Ґранн as the editing director. Performer — Taras Chubay and the band Plach Yeremiyi. Music by Volodymyr Ivasyuk, lyrics by Bohdan Stelmakh. Directed by Mykhailo Krupiievskyi, cinematography by Roman Yelenskyi.
This is not just a video — it is a dream of Ukrainian culture at the dawn of the 2000s, where poetry and music merged into a visual legend.
In 2025, the video was resurrected from archival depths: from a 320‑pixel shadow it was upscaled through Waifu2x to 4K clarity, preserving every detail and restoring its original magic.