Sound Research/planning

For my piece i want to use a specific style of music to create a dark unnerving atmosphere. Hopefully this will work in harmony with my style of filming and editing.
A piece of music that is similar to the one that i would use in my piece is;

Venetian Snares - Öngyilkos Vasárnap

A hungarian piece that translates to "gloomy sunday".

The dark, slightly dreamy feeling of this piece is something that i would like to try and emulate on screen with the story that i'm telling. With music similar to this i think it will create a gloomy and thrilling piece riddled with an air of uncertainty
The thing i like most about the piece is the combination of mild drum and bass with violin. It creates an epic feel that also makes this piece relatable to present day with the "electronic" style of the music.

Another piece that is similar to what i would use in my piece is Requiem for a Dream- Clint Mansell

In my opinion this Clint Mansell is a genius. The cadences, climax's, transitions from slow and sombre to fast paced and epic are just brilliant. This is a perfect example of music that i would like to use as it would create so many brilliant contrasts between the reminiscing of the main characters death and the violent retribution that takes place. 

I intend to find something very similar with a slightly more modern edge.

Diegetic Sound

In terms of diegetic sound i will not use a huge amount. I want to create the effect that the main character is so focused on what he wants to do that the sounds of normal every day life are drowned out until only his heartbeat is heard

So for example i will take some recordings of a busy street ie. cars and buses screeching etc. Then i will  layer this with the sound of a heartbeat that will grow louder and louder as the street sounds become quieter and quieter.

This is just one example of some sound i will use. Other diegetic sound i will use is:

• The sound of a knife unsheathing
• The sound of footsteps
• the sound of someone breathing nervously

All of this sound will be layered and crafted to hopefully create an intriguing and thrilling piece of film.