Starry Night cover art — from the TIMEPIECE album by James Michael Scaparotti
Music

Starry Night

© James Michael Scaparotti · TIMEPIECE (2023) · 4:26

About the song

Starry Night

"Starry Night" by Jim Scaparotti and TINMAN Project is a reflective, romantic ballad about standing beneath a starry night sky and feeling both small and hopeful. If you're searching for songs about a starry night, songs about the stars, or a cinematic love song about looking up at the night sky, this is a warm, emotive track built on acoustic and electric guitars, atmospheric keys, and layered harmonies. Its slow-building, cinematic arc makes it a natural fit for reflective, romantic, and hopeful moments on screen.

Written and produced by Cleveland singer-songwriter Jim Scaparotti and brought to life remotely by the world-class TINMAN Project collective, "Starry Night" pairs an intimate vocal with a widescreen arrangement. It sits on the TIMEPIECE album alongside "Atomic Love," and captures that quiet, universal feeling of looking up at the stars and letting the noise of the day fall away.

Instrumentation

Warm acoustic and electric guitars, atmospheric keys, brushed drums, melodic bass, and layered harmony vocals.

Lyrics

Starry Night

In the silver light of the starry night, and the moon is bright, I can only look at you
Spiral galaxies fill the skies, your eyes reflect the awesome sight
A church steeple pierces the dark, releasing myriad colors into the air
Village fires everywhere, but their brightness just can’t compare
Starry starry night…
I draw you near, you shed a tear, it’s very clear, this is all for you
Lips collide under celestial skies where angels glide into the blue
Sparks flying everywhere, I only see the brush strokes in your hair
Together under the wonderous art someone’s painted for us there
Starry, starry night. Starry, starry night,
Only look at you. I can only look at you, the masterpiece is you
Starry, starry night, colors all around, reflected in your eyes
Starry, starry night, Starry starry night.
Everything is you, true, Starry starry night
One look at you, the masterpiece is you

Words & music: © James Michael Scaparotti, 2023

Ideal for sync licensing

Available for film, TV, advertising, and content licensing. Suggested placements:

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  • Emotional TV drama scenes set at night or under the stars
  • Romantic film montages and slow-motion moments
  • Reflective end-credits or season-finale placements
  • Travel, astronomy, and nature documentaries
  • Wedding, engagement, and anniversary campaigns

BPM

110

Genre

  • Singer-songwriter
  • Adult contemporary rock
  • Americana

Mood

  • Dreamy
  • Reflective
  • Romantic
  • Hopeful
  • Cinematic

Themes

  • Wonder under a starry night sky
  • Longing and quiet romance
  • Finding hope in the dark
  • Looking up and feeling small in a vast universe