I made the soundtrack for our group's opening horror sequence
This is the first draft for the soundtrack I made. I started with the organ playing a simple four chord sequence in a minor key as that would add to the creepy atmosphere. Then I added the violin and cello sounds over it, composing the violin melody myself. After that I recorded and edited an extract from an ebook of the Bible as that would fit with the religious connotations in our title sequence. I used a passage from deuteronomy as the line about "purge out wickedness" fitted the themes of evil.
I sent this draft to the rest of my group for feedback and they said it wasn't creepy enough which I agreed with and I needed to make it longer - so I took these into consideration for my second draft.
For the second draft I changed the soundtrack quite dramatically. Firstly, I scrapped the violin melody I had made before and exchanged it for the strings which I added at the end. I like the new string section better as it's a lot more lamentable. Additionally, I added drums/percussion, starting with a simple kick drum at the start to a more intense beat as the other instruments kick in. One of the instruments in particular I used was my glockenspiel which I recorded a simple melody on and edited it to make it sound really creepy - I'm very happy with the sound I produced as it adds to the atmosphere a lot. I also layered a myriad of samples from the internet like sounds of scratches and screams which really makes the soundtrack quite jaunting and scary.
In the final version I added the finishing touches by making all the sounds build up to a crescendo at the end of the song to build tension for the audience and added samples of a man praying and layered his voice so he kept repeating the words "forgive" and "deliver us from evil" which is a key theme in the film and made the soundtrack a lot scarier
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