{"id":565,"date":"2015-10-31T11:57:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T11:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olliedn.com\/wordpress\/?p=565"},"modified":"2015-10-31T12:09:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T12:09:53","slug":"far-away-film-almost-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olliedn.com\/wordpress\/far-away-film-almost-there\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Far Away’ film – Almost There Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

See\u00a0the post\u00a0\u0080\u0098Far Away\u0080\u0099 film<\/a>\u00a0(below) for more information on the actual film itself, the plot and things like that. This post is about the music in Alex’s last\u00a0part of the journey. It’s the final push after 3 hard\u00a0days of overcoming problems whilst travelling\u00a0across mountains,\u00a0forests and the countryside.<\/p>\n

‘Almost There Scene’\u00a0is\u00a0my favourite of all the pieces I composed in this film. James (the Director) asked me to create something like the soundtrack of ‘Lord of the Rings’ when\u00a0the fellowship are travelling over mountains and through forests etc. He tried to mimic this in his filming and asked the music to do the same. However\u00a0I don’t\u00a0have access to a full orchestra, plus I wanted the piece to sound coherent with the rest of the music in the film. All the other\u00a0pieces use mainly MIDI data combined with\u00a0a classical guitar, so I wanted to reflect this. I deliberately\u00a0did the opposite of what James asked me to do. I \u00a0used electric-suonding synth sounds so that in the distance shots the music creates the feeling of emptiness, which in my opinion\u00a0reflects\u00a0hope –\u00a0Alex hasn’t quite reached his destination yet, but this empty feeling shows that he realises he’s not too far away – he’s almost there. As soon as he reaches the crop field\u00a0the main motif comes in but it is heard much slower than previously to emphasise the moment. The electric guitars and ambient background come to life when Alex sees\u00a0his destination and runs towards it. This is the magical moment which then\u00a0fades away when he reaches it.\u00a0This is the piece that made me feel very much for Alex and I spent a long time making sure the timings were right so the music fitted in with the right\u00a0moments on screen. I mixed in stereo so for best effect of the music listen through headphones.<\/p>\n