Music influences

Planning - Musical Influences:

Aftermath - Tricky:





This song helps to establish an uneasy atmosphere. It is ideal for the opening credit music of a film such as ours, in that it is very mysterious, intriguing and captivating. Also, considering that it is a hip-hop/r’n’b song, it helps to combine the eerie and the strange with the modern and the current, which are themes which flow through our film.


Blame It on the Boogie - The Jacksons:






Fix Up, Look Sharp - Dizzee Rascall:





These songs help to stay in keeping with a sense of naivety and innocence which is prevalent within the character. They could be played during the dressing up scene, serving to make meaning by setting a tone that helps establish the character. These songs are also in keeping with current trends of music that youths listen to today, therefore contributing to the realism.


Music for Strings, Percussion and Celestia - Bela Bartok:





This piece of music is a key influence on the music which we should use during the scene in which we are introduced to the killer. This music is very mysterious, strange and ominious. It is also revealing as it implies something extremely odd and bad about this character. It is almost as if we are being warned about this character by hearing this music. Also, as there are no lyrics, and this is a classical piece, it is fitting as the representation of silent killer is a classic of the thriller genre. The effect achieved is that this piece of music is his theme tune, connoting menace and evil.


Hell is Round the Corner - Tricky:






Teardrop - Massive Attack:







Teardrop - Newton Faulkner:




These two pieces of music are very downbeat, grungy and dirty, and are capable of evoking a strong response within our audience. The music ends the film on a bleak and pessimistic down note – there is no doubt that this boy is dead.