Soundtrack.

After looking at the audience feedback and discussing within the group how we could improve on our trailer we realised that we needed to add more to the soundtrack mainly some more background noise. Jacob our unofficial music scout then found a 'Horror soundtrack' CD on a site called AKM music. This CD is copyright free and so we were allowed to use it. We also got the idea for this soundtrack from our analysis of horror trailers and horror scenes.

This is a link to the AKM music site

Picking our music

After looking at the conventions and techniques used in horror films and trailers we realised one of the key elements was music. In nearly every modern film there is a soundtrack this could be with music or just with sounds. We realised that in order to make our trailer more realistic and convetnional we would need a soundtrack so we began searching for one.

Jacob found a very suitable piece of music by a band called the ink spots who released a lot of popular songs in the 40's they were a rhythm and blues band mainly and helped to define the genre. The song we found was called maybe which was released in 1940. There were two main reasons why this song was a very good choice.
one was the tone and pace of the music it fitted perfectly with our idea for what our trailer would be like. it is important to have the right tone because music helps to set the scene and draw emotion from the listener. Another reason why this song was a good choice was because it is more than 50yrs old this means that it is copyright free and so we do not have to worry about copyright laws.


 We performed some sound test on the audio as well for example adding an echo to it to make it sound more sinister. We did this to ensure that it would sound right in our trailer.