Music and Foley

Music.


This part of the film is the only part I cannot take all the credit for, I doubted my music capability so I made a deal with my old music teacher, she agreed to play and help compose the music in exchange of me playing bass in the school production. A small price to pay for a great sound track. I first of all showed Mrs.Hollocks my inspiration for the sound track which was Stanley Kubrick's: Eyes wide shut.
 The music I wanted to pinch some Ideas from was Musica Ricercata, II (Mesto, Rigido E Cerimoniale).
This is the recurring sound motif in Eyes Wide Shut, I love its simplistic two notes and how easily they send shivers down your spine. I defiantly wanted  something similar, so I briefed Mrs.Hollocks to make me a soundtrack which was mainly grand piano, with a lot of sustain to let the notes ring off to give spine tingle effect. I defiantly wanted it to be minor because it needed to be chilling from the start. I also specifically said that I wanted something to happen musically each time a title came up. In no longer than half an hour Mrs.Hollocks had recorded most of the film's sound track, it was exactly how I wanted it but the only complaint was that it had too many notes in some areas. Seeing it was recorded in garageband using a midi keyboard it did not take long to fix. Once the soundtrack was completed I adjusted the volumes to make it perfect. 


FOLEY.


For sound effects I tried doing some Foley work for a tester. The first one I did was scratching a paper clip on paper to create the sound of a fountain pen writing on paper. When I added it to the clip it lacked something and I got various opinions from people in class and they all agreed it sounded better without the re-recorded sound.