Audio is extremely important in video production because of all of the emotional strings that can be pulled depending on the chromatic scale and happy, sad or dramatic tone of the music used. Comedic pieces might have recognizable themes running behind them like in the Benny Hill Show. Cartoon music might pause right before Wile E. Coyote drops an anvil or pauses in midair to emphasize the moment. The Queen’s Cartoonists use of sound effects, moods, and tempo demonstrate a wonderful example in this video here and the same principles can be applied to all visual media from TV shows and commercials to movies.
The music l chose in one of my previous projects was dramatic on purpose because I wanted to add some excitement to the educational topic highlighted as well as our business installations being linked to progress and advances from earth to outer space.
Bram Stoker carfully chose the music in Dracula’s Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to span from its opening haunting song- “The Beginning” to the end song “Love Song for a Vampire” video, one of my favorites I chose to include here:
I always tended to group my songs into themed sets when I would add a recording to a cassette tape in the 80s and divide my CD collection categories in the 90’s and 2000’s in a similar manner. I would name these tapes or sections things like:
“Playful” and throw songs or CDs in that had childhood games or lyric mentions like “Pop Goes The Weasel” – 3rd Bass (1991), “Mary Had a Little Lamb” by Stevie Ray Vaugn, KORN – “Shoots and Ladders,” or just fun upbeat songs like “Beautiful People” Marilyn Manson, songs I could skip along to like “Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats, Sublime’s “Hong Kong Phooey” (or the whole “Saturday Morning: Cartoons’ Greatest Hits” album produced by Ralph Sall or upbeat albums in general.
Favorite genres like jazz would have abums from bands like Cherry Poppin Daddies, Harry Connick Jr, and Squirrel Nut Zippers…how do you organize your music?
