Influential Soundtracks - "Tick Of The Clock - Chromatics"

Influential music:



This piece of music was featured in the movie "Drive". It was used within the first getaway scene where Ryan Gosling's character is waiting for robbers to break in to, and steal from a shop, aswell as carrying into him driving away from the police whilst remaining undetectable. "Tick Of The Clock" fits in very well with the scene, it connotes that time is everything and one misjudgment of it can lead to dire consequences, we can hear this via the slow build up of volume and introduction of a ticking clock. Additionally, the music fades out around half way through and introduces a consistent chord therefore creating a feeling of unease, as if there has been a break from the action and a realization of some kind before slowly returning to the action. Furthermore, these reasons why the piece fits brilliantly with a scene in "Drive" can also be applied to our thriller opening. This is as our story includes a build up of action (White van following a man into a car park), the feeling of unease for the man being followed (Discovery of the girl's broken watch, of whom he is meeting/ realization that she is in trouble), again, back to the action (Running to escape). In addition, our thriller relates to the aspect of time and how important it is (Via the meeting), therefore the ticking clock is a big indicator to this. In listening to this piece, the idea of having a background noise such as a clock seems like an effective idea and therefore we may decide to go with a soundtrack that incorporates this. For example, "The Hive" by Kevin McLeod, however, the piece sounds more suited to a horror movie and may not be appropriate. (Soundtrack embedded below)





Secondly, this piece with file name "heartbeatNc.0.0.aiff" portrays a similar feeling with more focus on the slow yet sharp notes, this may be effective as the piercing chords could evoke suspense. (Soundtrack embedded below)