Choosing The Soundtrack - Final Piece

For our final piece, once we had made a plan of what we would film, we all had to concatenate our thoughts and deliberate on the kind of mood we would like to set, because ultimately, the soundtrack is one of the most important factors of a successful thriller.
     Once we had the general outline of our plot, we began to explore different genres and how each song would effect the mood and emotion of the piece. for example we deliberated on;

• Drum and Bass music - For an intense and fast tempo, with fast cuts and many different shots.
• Rock Music - Many different power bestowing shots; high/low angles.
• Classical Music - Slow, emotional speed, almost as though the opening would be portrayed in someones memory.

Preliminary Idea

In my own time i began researching, and liked the idea of having an old rock song, reminding me somewhat of south america. I thought it would be interesting to have it intermittently playing as the protagonist travels through the party.

    

However, upon much consideration, i feared that this would end up making the thriller verge towards the action genre instead, going against specification. So, accordingly, i did not share this with my group.

Final Choice

Eventually, me and my group took even more inspiration from Donnie Darko, and chose a quintessentially 1980's song; 'The Killing Moon' by 'Echo and the Bunnymen'. I feel like this set the right mood and provoked the correct emotions in order to produce a good thriller. Its relatively slow mood is an important part of the thrillers nature. The title, and even the lyrics conote that of mystery and darkness that can be associated with the rest of the piece.

    

I believe we found the sound track we were searching so desperately for.