Illusive escape (film haiku)

A friend of mine, a film major, approached me to score a short film of his for a certain scholarship competition (which he ended up winning). With my busy schedule, I had very little time to do so -so I decided to upload the visuals onto pro-tools and place my laptop on the music rack of my piano. I proceeded to use the visuals as a 'score' for the music, which I improvised in a single take. For me, it was interesting to review some of the unconscious assimilations I made between the images and the music.Here's the link: http://vimeo.com/13633509

Illusive escape (film haiku)

Nice work, Jonathan!

Goes without saying that that film is incredibly artsy. Anymore and it would be a painting. For that style, I think a solo piano works quite well. Given more time, some subtle orchestral sounds could've been nice to hear.

I enjoyed the switch between atonality and tonality throughout the film.

I felt like the music was a bit overstated but maybe that's because there were no other sound effects.

Neat job, Jonathan!

-John

Neat idea! I like what you did, but I feel it's a little to 'in your face' in the beginning. The second half is a bit less so in my opinion, but still like John said, it's a little overstated.

I think part of the problem is that the film has a very distinct look and atmosphere to it, and the music doesn't share the same atmosphere. I think compositionally it does quite well, but the sound itself stands out separate from the atmosphere of the film. I would try putting some effects on the whole track to make it a little 'dimmer' and maybe weaker.