Soundtrack - initial notes

We feel that to have a soundtrack to the background of our thriller opener would be a great effect which is used in nearly all successful thrillers. Having listened to a selection of songs and bounced different soundtrack ideas off of each other, we found that this song 'Club Foot' by Kasabian would be an ideal song for our opening, as it has the exact right feel about it and would fit perfectly into the opening shot when Joules is stepping off of the train and walking through the station. Our idea that the song would work well in a thriller is supported in the video itself when the time is at roughly 1:18, the makers of the video include a handgun, which is a generic signifier of the genre. Also at 2:04 you can see a briefcase being used, another signifier which we ourselves are using in our film.
Obviously, because of the ruling that we're not allowed to use copyrighted songs by signed artists in our videos, this particular song is not a possibility. But we may well look for other alternatives for a soundtrack by unsigned artists who might have a song giving a similar effect to this kasabian classic.

Soundtracks and thriller film genre reseach


Pulp fiction
-Dick Dale ''Misirlou''


No film score was composed for Pulp Fiction, with Quentin Tarantino instead using an eclectic assortment of surf music, rock and roll, soul, and pop songs. Dick Dale's rendition of "Misirlou" plays during the opening credits. Tarantino chose surf music as the basic musical style for the film, but not, he insists, because of its association with surfing culture: "To me it just sounds like rock and roll, even Morricone music. It sounds like rock and roll spaghetti Western music." Dick Dales rendition of ''Misirlou'' is as famous as the movie its edgey fast pased famous guitar riff opening perfectly sets the film that follows.

Reservoir Dogs -
George Baker ''Little Green Bag''


Original released in 1969 'Little Green Bag'' was written by Jan Visser and George Baker. In 1992, when the song was used in the film Reservoir Dogs featuring during the iconic ''hero walk'', it became an international cult classic. Tarantino has said that he feels the music to be a counterpoint to the on-screen violence and action. He also stated that he wished for the film to have a '50s feel while using '70s music.



http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/

From searching unsigned bands in google we found this website. The allows unsigned artists to make an account and uplaod their music, giving chance for downloading and artist information. The site is divided by artist and genre. There is an very good extensive varitey of genre From christian rock to ska. We searched through genres we felt where relative to are film - instrumental, alternative, jazz, big band and blues. Finding several good tracks we saved them to a memory stick. The site is brilliant and we will be looking further into the site.