My first soundtrack

I have managed to create a first version of my soundtrack. The transitions are dramatic as I wanted to get a feel to what my vision will sound like. The songs will probably change but they are a similar style to what I want them to sound like.

The transitions will be blended better by using crossfades rather than just a fade. However, I like the way this track sounds as it keeps to a dark theme but the transitions need alot of work and attention. I plan to keep this running theme throughout the whole of the soundtrack.

Deciding which tracks I want.

Today I have been putting a lot of thought into what tracks I want, by which genre, by which sub genre and by which artist. I have made a mind map to give myself a better idea of what I want to achieve for each genre.

Mindmap

Theme change.

Today the theme has been changed from Dark matter to Showtime. This means I sort of have to scrap my idea I had for dark matter and change it to something completely different and I cant adapt it. This is because we thought the animation would be just animating characters but is apparently totally abstract. So we now have to work around having abstract animation.

I have found some new royalty free songs I am able to use and I am now in the process of researching new songs and new range of genres to adapt to my idea of what I have for show tunes.

Finding new music

Today I have started looking at more palaces to source my royalty free music from. As we are not allowed to use copyrighted music its been a challenge for me to try and find music I can connect to and feel with to use in my ASL which I am taking quite personally. However, I have found a few new metal songs and a new website (http://www.teknoaxe.com/Master_List.php) where I am able to source some dubstep, drum and bass, rock and metal etc. from. This music sounds quite nice and I can work with the music which is what i’m aiming to do. Its proving difficult to find music to portray a emotion when there is a limited amount of it.