Quiet
Quiet verb - To become still and orderly.
Sounding
Sounding adjective - Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms.
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- Most episodes of Once Upon a Time end with a quiet and almost haunting sounding piano tune.
Source: Solemn Ending Theme -
Song Style Shift: "There You Are in Me" from Pretty Little Head is restrained and piano driven in the verses, sounding like a quiet number from a Stephen Sondheim musical.
Source: Music / Nellie Mc Kay - Then, beginning with their low-key cover of Smokey Robinson's "I Second That Emotion" and the release of 1980's Quiet Life, they began sounding more adult and experimental, culminating with their very Asiatic (fitting for their name) final studio album, 1982's Tin Drum.
Source: Cerebus Syndrome / Music
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