So the idea for my music stemmed from a Netflix series based on Sanrio's Aggretsuko. The show mainly takes place in an accounting office run by an assortment of characters.
the few instruments played alongside sounds found in an office environment. I found when watching the show that the provided soundtrack did an outstanding job of conveying the tone and mood to the audience. Here's a sample:
With this influence, I began searching for a melodic tone that could be deemed as abstract to complement the vorticist art movement that my artwork is based on. Having found this, I began looking for sound effects and ambiance that fit a war setting and align with the conventions of conflict. From bullet sounds and bomb explosions to concrete falling and wind howling, I began to build up a portfolio of sounds that I would use.
After finishing my search for audible assets, I started compiling all my findings into Audacity. I started by importing the piano track, which would be the foundation from which I would be timing and editing the other sounds. Starting with reverb and equilisation to clean up the audio and make it more pronounced before amplifying it to both make it stand out as well as make it sound thinner.
The first thing I wanted to give sound to was the firearms messily sprawled across the scene of my artwork. After realizing how close and flat the gun-firing sound effects sounded, I proceeded to apply reverb and echo to give a distant, muffled effect before applying a fade out.
To give an audible explanation to the mushroom cloud on the horizon of my art, I added the jet sound effects flying overhead. After again adding reverb, I equalized the audio track so that it sounded more muted and distant.
To accompany and complement the jet sounds, I added the explosion which I polished with an increased bass for a deeper, more prominent sound. Whilst on a roll with these effects I next followed up the bombings with the consequence of the impact: the landslide I reduced the volume and followed that with a fade-out to express how far away the rubble was falling in reference to the room.
Finally, for the atomic bomb on the horizon and the rolling winds of fallout that follow, I ended up coincidentally doing what I did with the landslide, reducing the volume of the atomic bomb whilst fading out the blowing winds as the music came to a close.
the few instruments played alongside sounds found in an office environment. I found when watching the show that the provided soundtrack did an outstanding job of conveying the tone and mood to the audience. Here's a sample:
With this influence, I began searching for a melodic tone that could be deemed as abstract to complement the vorticist art movement that my artwork is based on. Having found this, I began looking for sound effects and ambiance that fit a war setting and align with the conventions of conflict. From bullet sounds and bomb explosions to concrete falling and wind howling, I began to build up a portfolio of sounds that I would use.
After finishing my search for audible assets, I started compiling all my findings into Audacity. I started by importing the piano track, which would be the foundation from which I would be timing and editing the other sounds. Starting with reverb and equilisation to clean up the audio and make it more pronounced before amplifying it to both make it stand out as well as make it sound thinner.
The first thing I wanted to give sound to was the firearms messily sprawled across the scene of my artwork. After realizing how close and flat the gun-firing sound effects sounded, I proceeded to apply reverb and echo to give a distant, muffled effect before applying a fade out.
To give an audible explanation to the mushroom cloud on the horizon of my art, I added the jet sound effects flying overhead. After again adding reverb, I equalized the audio track so that it sounded more muted and distant.
To accompany and complement the jet sounds, I added the explosion which I polished with an increased bass for a deeper, more prominent sound. Whilst on a roll with these effects I next followed up the bombings with the consequence of the impact: the landslide I reduced the volume and followed that with a fade-out to express how far away the rubble was falling in reference to the room.
Finally, for the atomic bomb on the horizon and the rolling winds of fallout that follow, I ended up coincidentally doing what I did with the landslide, reducing the volume of the atomic bomb whilst fading out the blowing winds as the music came to a close.
Imagined Worlds Concept Art - Musical Accompaniment + Summary
Reviewed by Ben Roughton
on
June 14, 2019
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Reviewed by Ben Roughton
on
June 14, 2019
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