For our Thriller we wanted to create a slow moving opening in order to settle the audience into the rest of the film whilst still maintaining a feeling of dramatic suspense. Due to this we decided against using heavy music for our thriller or at least music which was heavy to start with rather than music which built up gradually. One thing which was discussed was using a Gothic like background music which was an idea that greatly influenced our eventually decision into sticking with a song from the Gothic group, Sirenia, which had already been the generally preferred option.
(The Path to Decay by Sirenia)
Sirenia's The Path to Decay was the original soundtrack considered for our thriller as we found it to be interesting and somewhat disturbing Gothic music with a modern twist. A concern with this song was that it might overpower the thriller, distracting the audiences focus and another concern was that it far too heavy and electronic, which was something which went against the desired effect for our thriller. Also we wanted to use something with lyrics which were a better fit for our thriller. For these reasons this soundtrack was eventually discarded but because of the somewhat disturbing feel of the music Sirenia was the song which had as searching for music of a more Gothic quality.
(Labyrinth of Dreams by Nox Arcana)
We also considered Nox Arcana's Labyrinth of Dreams for our thriller and it very nearly became the soundtrack which we chose. The music begins extremely softly and this is maintained throughout which we felt fit in with the general idea of having a slow paced thriller opening and also the music still held the Gothic feel that we wanted for our underlying track. Another pull towards this song was the deepening in tone in places which we felt we could use for the tenser moments of our thriller. However we felt that though the music was extremely soft there was too much of an obvious and quick rhythm in the beats that play throughout which contradicted the speed we wanted to create.
There other song by Nox Arcana which we considered during this time was Lullaby which the Gothic tone which we had been looking for. However in comparison to the previous song mentioned the tone was significantly heavier and unfortunately it still had the underlying beat which speeds the music up noticeably contradicting the tone which we wished to create.
(Lullaby by Nox Arcana)
(Running Up That Hill by Placebo)
Placebo's Running Up That Hill, was also considered for our background music partly because that compared to the songs by Nox Arcana there music was slower in pace without being too heavy at the beginning but rather building up to a climax. Also we considered using the heartbeat used in this track in moments of tension within our thriller. However whilst we thought that the music might be suitable for a protagonist whom we wanted to feel regret eventually there music had to soft a feel and we discarded this song because of it's possibly romantic theme.
(Save Me From Myself by Sirenia)
We ended up returning to Sirenia in our final choice of music with Save Me From Myself, which we felt contained everything we were looking for whilst having very few of the negatives we met with the other songs. As with Path to Decay there was a distinctly Gothic feel which we had been looking for at the start and also a softness is maintained throughout the song meaning that it would not overpower our thriller, especially when the percentage of sound was reduced. Another pull towards this piece was the change in the music at certain points which we felt could be useful to show tension or to create a disjointed effect. We also felt that this song was at a slow enough pace to work with the effect we wanted to create within our thriller. For all these reasons we eventually decided to use Save Me From Myself in our thriller.
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