Thursday, 12 May 2011

Music/Soundtrack

There has been one track I've thought would fit the mood so well was the track Thistle and Weeds by Mumford and Sons.

(All rights go to them, I use the song for a non-profit making A2 trailer, I do not own the song)
The track is about 6 minutes long and has a lot of variety I think. It has a mysterious feel to it due to its lone guitar and eerie melody and lyrics. The piece gradually builds a crescendo with slow drums and a low almost honky tonk piano which really adds to the feel.

The reason I love this song is for the section around 4 minutes in when the piece dramatically changes. The tempo rises, the drums quicken and the piano starts to stand out a lot more. It really gives you a sense of panic, almost a claustrophobic panic. Its brilliant and sounds like it would make the perfect track for a film and, if edited well, a trailer. I use the slower paced sections for the first minute to give a mysterious feel. Later the music cuts out and I have silence with sudden thunder claps to open new shots, a convention of trailers, and finally when it looks like Corban is looking at someone I use the sound of a plane flying over to give that rising panic feeling. The screen blacks out and then cuts straight to Corban running away in panic with the music at the most epic part, in my oppinion, playing. Again another convention of being able to just catch someone off guard. I have edited it also to have the track finish at the right time then then fade out to the title showing "Limbo". Spoiler for the title right there... More to come

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