Our Soundtrack: Explained

Hannah and I had a lot of trouble making the music to accompany our film and spent a lot of time on it. Around halfway through editing our film, we decided it was time to compose a soundtrack to our film on the "Garageband" software on the Mac's at school. After around a week of experimenting and testing, Hannah and I were still not completely satisfied with the results and decided to start over again. Hannah then suggested that we use the new "Garageband 10" software on her friends laptop so we could choose from a different and greater variety of music for our film. So over the weekend she composed and recorded the music and downloaded it onto her USB and brought it into school. On first hearing, I will admit that I was sceptical that it would successfully fit our opening properly yet after careful editing, I soon discovered that Hannah had put a great lot of effort into the music and it suited the film perfectly. The soft choral music is very haunting and reflects the "quiet before the storm" to quote a fellow classmate's opinion. The music lulls the audience into a false sense of calm before the thriller/horror element of the film takes over and this exaggerates it and helps to build tension. Overall, I am very happy with the soundtrack to our film and believe though it may appear unorthodox at first, it is very effective and suits our film perfectly.