Nemesis - Soundtrack Research

I have began this blog entry to keep myself and the crew up to date on the soundtrack of the film. The soundtrack is going to be something of huge significance within the film, so I am going to be patient while I look for that perfect piece or that perfect sound which will work the way I want it to. 

I aim to have a certain dark and atmospheric ambience behind a lot of the soundtrack which will accompany the visuals. Non digetic sound can be used to outstanding effect, particularly in how different tones and notes can manipulate an image or a scene. 

At times I want the film to have an eerie atmosphere, which is where the ambience found in most horror soundtracks would come in. I found a specific track which I intend to use in the scene where Oscar is surrounded in papers. I believe this kind of ambience will enhance that feeling of being lost in surrounding darkness. 

The link below is to the previously discussed ambient horror soundtrack. The creator of this has given free use to anyone wishing to use it, as seen in the description of the video.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9XMd2eAy_4\

A main source of inspiration for free use soundtracks is the site Audio Network. I have used this site in the past as it is 83p per track for students. There are some very high quality music pieces and you can almost always find what you are looking for. The site covers a wide range of genres and musical styles, and you can even search by mood. This means that scene by scene I can ask myself, what am I trying to achieve? What are the characters thinking? What do I want the audience to think or feel? All of these questions come in to play when choosing a soundtrack which can massively impact the feel of the film.

Audio Network becomes even more extensive with the extra mix feature. Upon finding a song that I really liked, I then found out that many songs offer other mixes of the same song. These mixes differ slightly, but upon experimentation I found a more useful version of the same song. Essentially the song I liked had 14 other versions of that song. Objectively speaking at least one of them has to work more than the other, no matter how small and subtle the changes are. Below is a screenshot of a song along with the 14 mixes of it.

I currently have a list of songs from Audio Network which I view as promising for the film or ones which I am definitely going to be using. I add to this list as I find something new. Below is the list itself which I will be adding to as I continue my soundtrack research. 

• Achilles Heel
• Karma
• Lightly Drift
• Liaison
• We Remember
• Empty