Élan Vital Soundtrack, Round Four

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How I Did the "Code"

[Taken from mutuni.com.]

I recorded the demo in F, but when I went to rerecord the song, I tried two new options: Lower the key to A like Elvis' "Blue Suede Shoes," or slightly lower to Eb like "Jailhouse Rock." The key of A didn't work. I liked how my horrible, horrible Elvis-Meatloaf impression sounded in Eb, so I was going to rerecord all the other instruments in Eb. Then I listened to the F demo again, and I really liked how the guitar sounded in F, so I just bumped up the Eb vocal to F, and that was that.

In other words, producing music is complicated and satisfying.

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Promoting "Élan Vital"

In Windows (I'm not sure about OS or Ubuntu), the letter É in Élan Vital is the keystroke Alt+0201. Anyway, Mutiny Universe's John Michael Tan had the freshest eyes (and ears) when it came to cutting the first trailer for the film:

Élan Vital Trailer


Music-wise, I just did a basic remix and mash-up job when it came to the various Élan Vital themes, depending on what John wanted. In any case, please go to myspace.com/elanvitalmovie for more information in the coming weeks!

The Picture Has a Voice!

After many months of hard work, Jedediah Jones and Ryan DeRamos are in the final stages of the sound design. I was extraordinarily pleased with the first draft and after making just a few key notes, the guys are polishing the music and sound for what seems to be only a two draft process!

Of course Ryan and Jed each had several drafts as Ryan honed the score and Jed, the sound design and dialog in what many would consider a tedious process in which one must balance one's own sensibilities with the pre-made world that we had created so many months before. As the director, I have been pleased to see Ryan's and Jed's sensibilities craft something unique that took many of my ideas and not only elaborated on them but often re-envisioned completely in order for them to become the perfect auditory compliments to the visual world that we had created.

With color correction finished and the sound scape nearly complete, we have only the credits left to do before we have ourselves a finished film. I look forward to unveiling it to everyone soon!