Making the Music

Making the Music

For the first part of the film, I wanted to create something that would create an ambiance/atmosphere of tension but nothing too serious. I decided that it would be easier to make this sort of music electronically as it would be better with synthesised instruments and effects. I took a lot of inspiration from the ambient music that plays when flying in Grand Theft Auto V. This music is quite soft but creates a good aura of tension. This is the kind of effect that I was trying to achieve so I took the punchy bass line and the smooth, flowing melody and adapted it to suit our film. 


I then used FL Studio 12, Nexus and Sylenth to make the music. I added a drum beat at the end to add to the tension as the tension builds in the music.



For the next part of the film, we needed something much more upbeat as the film comes to the tipping point. I was inspired by the first song from Scott Pilgrim VS The World, "We Are Sex Bob-Omb". I decided that it was a good song to cover and it would provide the right atmosphere. I didn't put any vocals in because I didn't think they were necessary and they wouldn't be heard anyway.


For covering it, I used FL Studio and the Guitar Rig 5 plugin to make the distorted effects on the guitar and bass. I used my own electric guitar, bass and electric drum set to record this. I used EZDrummer to record the drums because I couldn't record it into FL Studio. This was harder to record as I had to use the FL Studio project as a backing track and it was hard to keep tempo with it, however in the end I was happy with the result.

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