Soundtrack/Effects Research

A sound track is a piece of music used in films and television to tell a story or to add emphasis, this leads to it being repeated throughout the film. A sound track can also include songs for musicals such as Mamma Mia. On many occasions the soundtrack becomes very popular and end up selling millions of records all over the world, this is great advertisement from the film and a brilliant way of people remembering a film. An example of this is “My heart will go on” which is in the 2^nd most grossing film of all time, Titanic. This gives us a lot of pressure because this means our soundtrack has to be good enough to be memorable.
We have decided to find some non-copy right music off YouTube as there is such a variety of choices online. This means we have less control of the music however we can edit it on the software we have been given so it fits in with each scene.

One of our main inspirations for our whole opening two minutes is Luther the TV series; it’s in the same genre as ours and has a similar storyline too. The soundtrack they use is called “Paradise Circus” which stars throughout the series while the credits are up. We decided earlier on in our research stages that we didn’t want lyrics however this soundtrack does, apart from this we enjoyed how it worked with the show. There is a lot going on through the track including what sounds like clapping, a piano, bass and maybe a xylophone. Overall it’s quite soft and seductive but also dark at the same time with the high notes. The bass in the background adds to the city feel as it’s based in London but the soft seductive side is similar to his personality.

The Taken 2 soundtrack called “Tick of the Clock “is very effective due to its simplicity, the sound of a clock adds enigma’s and gives the idea that time matters. The sound fades in and out and gets faster which gives the audience the impression something is going to happen. After over 1 minute the music change and goes very low pitched then fades into a high pitched tune which becomes deafening gives the effect of danger. It then replays the beginning of the soundtrack, the contrast in music means it works well in a variety of scenes.

After deliberation we decided to go for an orchestral  based music as we thought it was a brilliant choice of music to add suspense and mystery, it been used regularly in TV thriller series such as Luther which has a very similar feel to ours. The benefit of using orchestral music is that the tone and pace changes throughout the music this means it can fit into different scenes and still works well, it also adds more dimension to the clip. We also liked the effect a ticking clock had and may add it behind the orchestral based music; we thought it was a great way of making the soundtrack more trendy and up-to-date.

We have also been thinking about using the sound of a heart beat at some point throughout our opening two minutes, we think this is a good way of the audience being able to interact with the character as it comes across as very personal and helps put the audience into their perspective.

We looked at other types of music that were a bit more upbeat however they didn’t fit into the feel of the story it may of confused the audience, , we also wanted it to be realistic to the genre.