Sounds

So I was thinking this Sound Effect might be cool for when Mephistopheles enters the scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpQQ7UZ7brA This is the sound the Tripods made from the movie War of the Worlds. For the last week I racked my brain for this sound, trying to remember when/where I had heard, I could recall it but not the source. Finally after some desperate Google searches I found it. It's a bit heavy on the mechanical side but I know that idea was tossed around during class.

I have a few songs that I came up with for the preshow.

The first song is called Denied by Sonic Syndicate, the are a rock back with some scream, however and thankfully it's not the very girly kind of scream you so often hear so I figured it would fit fairly well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0FGyhB6C8 They have quite a few songs that I think might fit well in the preshow.

Second I have the song Amaranth by Nightwish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSs4xfvATjc it has a female lead singer, I am not sure if this is against what the directer is looking for but its a heavy song without any scream, however it does give off the feel of epicness without being so much like Dragonforce.

Third I have, If I had a Heart by Fever Ray: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBAzlNJonO8 This song gives off such eerie and ominous feeling, a really great song for ambiance. It's also very light on lyrics and is void of any scream, which could be a nice change for those who don't like it much.

Fourth is specifically an artist Trent Reznor, he has a lot of music that could fit well and many of it is great ambient pieces. Specifically if you just Google search the genre "Ambient Electroacoustic Experimental" you'r bound to come up with some great pieces, such as Ghost 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA5rc4M-YrA&list=PLYlOTEbCyafDxx7EpgtQfy0y-p849m_Sd

Fifth is a song called Brennisteinn by Sigur Ros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc6zXSdYXm8 It's weird and creepy, especially if you watch the official music video.

If you notice my choices are all very different but in a way very similar to each other as well based on the idea that they all are very applicable to the play's preshow or post show. I have plenty more possible songs for the preshow/postshow that have the same characteristics as these few. So if we decided to go with anything similar to what I have posted, it should be pretty easy to find more that'll fit along side it.

I read through the script and I was very disappointed by the lack of scene description and other happenings outside of the dialogue, which makes our job both easier and harder when it comes to adding sound effects aside form a musical soundtrack. Only a few stood out to me, most of them were entrances we could do interesting sounds for, such as when Mephistopheles enters as well as the angel and daemon. There were ever few highlights sound effects, one I did notice was the sound of thunder.