Selecting the Soundtrack

The trailer for 'Pulp Fiction' showed me and James that a film's soundtrack is one of the most important things a film can have. The moods and emotions music can create, influence greatly how your movie will be interpreted.

James and I began brainstorming a variety of different songs that would suit our film.

Possible Soundtrack:

• Clubbed to Death (Piano Solo) by Rob Dougan-The piano solo from this song helps creates a sense that something dramatic and irreversible has happened. The track may accomplish this, however I feel it may suit use actually in the film instead of in the trailer. When i confronted James with the track he brought to my attention its use in 'The Matrix', which to avoid repetition and losing an audience's interest we are now deterred from using.

• Gnossienne No.1 by Erik Satie-The second piano track I suggested definitely portrayed the right feel and neo-noir style that James and I are trying to reach in our film. The sparse style of playing in this track I think helps compliment the dark and motionlessness of some of the scenes in the film.

• Bulls on Parade by Rage Against the Machine-This song sounds like the perfect 'action' song, because of the anger and energy put into the creation of it by the original artists it translates to complimenting the action of a film very well. Many of the scenes of our film have action and this song compliments them effectively, especially the guitar part beginning at 0:26. This is the first song we agree on to use on the trailer, however we both agree that the additional use of something more mellow will compliment the use of this song instead of using it simply by itself.

• Show me How to Live by Audioslave- The question of using this song in the film trailer is difficult. The sound and feeling the song portrays is very similar to that of 'Bulls on Parade' which is what we need but having two songs that have a very similar effect seems almost detrimental to the trailer itself, as both songs will lose their effect if both are used.

• Riders on the Storm by The Doors- This was suggested to be used as a more mellow track, suggested by both of us to be used at the beginning of the trailer to contrast well with the intensity of 'Bulls on Parade'. Since the film is aimed to be portrayed in a neo-noir style, the numbing and smooth sound of this certain song helps compliment some of numbing and smooth scenes in the film. However there seems to be something still too sharp about it, especially in the sound of the guitar, that doesn't help compliment the scenes that are to be shown at the beginning of the trailer.

• People are Strange by The Doors- This song was considered to be played all the way through the trailer due to its major and jolly sound contrasted with the violent nature of some of the scenes and characters in the film , it would frighten the audience, make them more inquisitive and attract them to go and see it. However it seemed as though there are certain scenes in the trailer that require a much darker and slower sound.