Today I continued on with what I was
doing last class – searching for music that would fit the film. Continuing with
my method from last class, I looked up the different artists that contributed
to the 2046 Wong Kar Wai film on
YouTube and listened to other works they produced. I did not want to use the
exact songs that Wong Kar Wai used, because that would be plagiarism or at the
very least uncreative of me. Some of the artists that particularly caught my
attention were Peer Raben, Xavier Cugat, Dean Martin, and Secret Garden. Peer
Raben’s Dark Chariot was a dark piano
piece, and I could already picture many Wong Kar Wai-esque shots playing to
this music. Xavier Cugat and Dean Martin’s songs were both upbeat and fun to
listen to, and I could imagine Xavier Cugat’s rendition of Siboney playing in one of Wong Kar Wai’s solo-happy scenes. Secret
Garden caught my attention due to the fact that I own one of their albums, and
often listen to it before I sleep. I was unable to use the above listed songs,
because of the aforementioned plagiarism and lack of creativity.
Realizing that Wong Kar Wai used
Secret Garden in his films before, I jumped right on it. Having listened to the
album multiple times before, I already knew many of the melodies already, saving
me quite a bit of time. Some of my personal favorites are Papillion, Songs from a
Secret Garden, Serenade, Heartstrings, and Cantoluna. Through this process, I realized that because music is
one of my passions, the role of sound director is made easier. By extension, I learned
that one should do the things one enjoys, because not only will he/she enjoy
it, he/she will be good at it.
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