Oliver Wilshaw: EXPERIMENTAL SOUND RESEARCH

SOUND RESEARCH

As part of our project with experimental sound we had to conduct research into the development of our own pieces. My research began by looking at major movie scores as well as from past and upcoming blockbusters. The intentions at first were to create a fast beat track that had elements of a plunder or raid. I wanted to explore this idea because it relates back to the Dulle Griet painting my experimental sound will be based off from. When searching for ideas I found the following tracks which included different parts of how I wanted the middle part of my piece to sound like.

After considering how I wanted the middle to sound like I wanted the beginning of my experimental sound to have an ambient dark background noise. So I decided that adding a violin or flute to give it a sort of eerie affect. The best example I could find of my idea was the Joker's theme in The Dark Knight by Hans Zimmer, below.

Following on from the Joker theme tune I began to search other composers who could produce a similar piece and so began looking at the works of Debussy, Johann Johannsson and others.

God Of War - Video Game/ Concept Art

As part of my visual research I wanted to search for other depictions of hell in order to gain a sense of what could be inspiring to my piece and so began looking at concept art and, in particular, the works from a popular game called 'God of War.'

God of war is an Action/Adventure based game on stories from Greek Mythology. Greek Mythology has been known to be very popular with its depictions of Heaven and Hell throughout the centuries and visions of God's portrayed in various paintings by famous painters.

I found this inspirational because some of the in game sounds sound similar to what I would like to achieve.