At the very last minute, I actually decided to make a score. Actually, just one song. It's pretty simple with the buildup, and contains one chord. I tried taking inspiration from my early blog posts about the score, and I think I did a pretty good job. Although, the song that is majorly reminiscent of the score is "Rebel Girl" by Bikini Kill. This was unintentional, however I did have the song stuck in my head when I was coming up with it.
I really wanted the guitar and bass to sound distorted. Which is why I asked my friend, and actor for The Bassist, Juan Palma to play the guitar part for me.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VCJiGn36XS-Esptr5qKPCTmtrF0kfJxU/view?usp=sharing
I also added a recording for my own part on the guitar, and I was able to overcome the lack of a distortion setting on my amplifier by putting the volume all the way up. I had to wear earplugs and warn my family, but the sound came out perfect. Additionally, I played random sounds by picking the guitar strings, hitting them, and sliding around to add the "glitch" effects in the final score at the beginning of the audio clip.
For the bass part, I don't own a bass. And I didn't want to text anybody at roughly two hours before midnight just to ask if they could record a bass line for me. So, I used my guitar by tuning down the low E string and making that the only string I used for the bass line. It sounded a little odd, however, and I ended up using the regular tuning on the low E string anyway.
Finally, the drums. I never played the drums before, and I still don't know how to; consequently, the drums are very uncomplicated. I only recorded myself playing the kick drum and some other additional sounds of the cymbal that I could layer over sporadically, adding to the tension of the scene. I started out with a slow steady beat, then made another recording significantly faster.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A305Ayq68MPRDQ2c6Qa8Tvom69mpvrrL/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kpxzG-KHChMD_a2WDEqWpPA95YAv_Bv_/view?usp=sharing
Though the sounds are all fairly basic, put together they make a tense buildup. The sound starts out slow and unsettling, then completely overwhelms the listener with the guitar and drums. Overall, it's not bad.
I finished the score in about a day, and was able to put the sounds together in Alight Motion because I deleted iMovie years ago and I didn't have enough storage to redownload it.
Here's the final score:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n8y1cTGlHuWPWuU_6beKK33J65jn0ZWe/view?usp=sharing
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