This week focused on more Compositional Techniques with Compositional Techniques #4. It focused on Scale Tones and Pedal Tones and Modal Concepts and also an analysis of the Game of Thrones Theme Song. Having a very basic knowledge of music theory I took a lot away from the video in general but watching it being applied to a theme song known throughout the entire world was interesting and inspiring. I have been inspired to attempt to include Pedal Tones and Scale Chords within my composition to elevate the complexity and add suspense to the compositions. I feel like these techniques will be particularly useful for the intro and outro of the unravel video, also the synth part I have on the Nike video where Kobe is lining up a shot.
After watching this week’s activity, I decided to change my intro and outro for the unravel video into a C major scaletone triad, I also added a reverb effect to turn on for the last chord which compliments the rising effect of the other tracks. I think this idea works better than my secondary idea which had a different effect during the intro even though each intro are slightly similar in the fact that the chords gradually rise in each intro, they both creates different effects within each respective composition, The secondary intro I feel is too complex to match what is happening within the video and the finalised version is a much more simpler intro which I think supports the pre adventure and the innocence that this character contains. The secondary idea also felt kind of basic after the intro part, I prefer the idea I went with as I feel it just flows more with the narrative of the piece and follows the adventure of the character, for example a lower octave from when danger is around or when the mood could be low. The example of my secondary idea is below:
This week I also looked into my secondary submission for my walking dead composition. This time around I wanted to focus on synths more and explore that dark, horror theme as having watched Resident Evil on the weekend and listening to the main theme song of the movie, composed by Marilyn Manson, it was dark and really added to the suspense of the movie. The theme is linked below:
I also started work on my secondary ideas for my Nike composition. I wanted to go with something completely different to see what I can use for this video, to challenge myself, I guess. I decided I wanted to use synths again and have these synths running over the top of a bassline. I decided to keep the Key and the BPM the same just so it still has that fast pace “running” feel to it, but more of a mainstream EDM beat instead of a Drum & Bass beat.
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