SOUND RESEARCH

Whilst doing some research on different soundtracks and music to use for our trailer, we came across a website called Position music *http://positionmusic.com*. We found this website very useful as it had many compositions and different sound effects that were suitable for trailers. We really liked a particular piece called The Haunted which we found to be the perfect match for the ending scene of our trailer where we portray the zombie characters as it contained very powerful and strong sounds with pauses between them that would help to add energy and build up to the scenes. The main sound that was used for the composition appeared to be almost like a gunfire or a gunshot with other supporting background music in order to make the original sound even louder and heavier creating more energy. We then decided to look at different gunfire sound effects and combine them with similar background sounds. As we experimented and tested, we came across several different ones and although we managed to replicate the original piece that we used for inspiration, it didn't manage to create as much power and tension therefore unsuccessfully  matching the scenes and editing. We then re visited the trailer Contagion and we found that it has a similar idea and editing style to what we were doing so we decided to take inspiration from the soundtrack as well. Compared to the initial piece, the sound that was used for this trailer appeared to have a more of an alarm sound effect that changed as a new shot appeared. We decided to use a similar sound effect and also add some other background sounds in order to make the whole soundtrack louder ans heavier matching the fast, energy filled sequence.

Position music music piece : https://soundcloud.com/transmission-35529979/the-hunted-twisted-horror-sound-design-trailer-music

Initial Soundtrack : https://soundcloud.com/transmission-35529979/transmission1

Final soundtrack : https://soundcloud.com/transmission-35529979/transmission2