Music Ideas

My first main idea for the music to be used during the title sequence is that it had to be slow and quite a low tone. This is because the music will start when the character gets out of bed in the morning, and it had to match the sleepy unhappy, possibly even grumpy mood of getting out of bed. Then for the title sequence, I wanted something loud to demonstrate the impact of the character dying. The tow types of music would offer a great juxtaposition. I thought in between the two sets of music (quiet and loud) it’d be great to have a silent spot with no music, and this would help elevate the impact of the character dying. To pick all the music ideas I thought of, I looked at the storyboard and had the selected music playing in the background while I pictured the opening sequence in my head.

IDEA 1

My first idea for the music was “Just a phase” by Incubus. This song was everything I wanted; it had the quiet part at the start of the song and then at about four minutes into the song, it turns into the loud heavy rock music I wanted for the title sequence. With some clever editing, I could have really made it all fit together. However, when putting this song to the storyboard, it just didn’t feel right. The whole loud part of the song when I imagined it on top of the title sequence just seemed totally spontaneous and random. It seemed only Incubus fans would understand and see how it worked with the opening sequence. The other members of my group agreed and so the idea was scrapped.

IDEA 2

My second idea involved using the start of “Just a phase” for the getting up scene and then using a different song altogether for the title sequence. I felt that the start of “Just a phase” was perfect for the getting out of bed scene and I just needed to find a song to match the title sequence. However it seemed no matter what song I tried with the title sequence, it just didn’t sound right. Some of the songs I tried using for the title sequence were “some kind of wizard” by Biffy Clyro, “Try Honesty” by Billy Talent and “A beautiful lie” by 30 Seconds To Mars.

FINAL IDEA

After my second idea I realised if I was going to have the two types of song I would have to use the same song for both, as I’d previously found using two different songs doesn’t work. One day I had my MP3 player on shuffle on the way to school and I heard this song, “Secrets” by the Zutons. The start of the song is fairly slow with maybe a happier tone than “Just a phase” by Incubus which wasn’t originally my idea but nonetheless it still sounded great. Then after about a minute it turns fairly heavy. But, the important part is that it sounds heavy enough to emphasise the impact of the character dying but not overly heavy, which was a problem with “Just a Phase”. Also, the lyrics “secrets are for keeping and if you tell them they lose their meaning” very much match the plot of the story; the character who died had a secret and it’s no longer a secret, as the man who killed him stole it. My group and I decided this song was perfect and so that’s what I went for.