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Originally with the music we wanted to more down the slower and more scenic seeming music however once we had seen the footage we decided that it wouldn't really work so we decided to use a more upbeat and fast paced song. The original influence was a song called "Welcome Home" by Radical Face. We really liked the opening instrumental of it. 


After we realised that couldn't work, we moved on to something more upbeat to inspire us like the famous "All Star" by Smashmouth. It is a song that everyone knows mainly because it is the main song in the movie Shrek. We thought our song choice matched the genre well.


The music we actually ended up using was:

Happy Rock: http://www.bensound.com/happy-rock
'An uplifting positive and happy rock royalty free music track featuring drums, bass, hand claps and electric guitar catchy riffs.'

Actionable: http://www.bensound.com/actionable
'Action/sport rock music track. An overdriven classic piano mixed with a hip-hop beat.'

Due to the requirements from the exam board we had to use copyright free music. I got ours from a website called "BenSound" the license stated that as long as we credit them we can use the songs freely. The songs we used were called "Happy Rock" and "Actionable".

We chose Happy Rock because it was fast paced and went well with the speech voice over in the opening. It wasn't too overpowering so you couldn't hear what Sadie was saying but it fit the situation. We wanted it to be upbeat and fun to welcome the audience to the opening. It is similar to All Star in that respect and many people know that song just because it is in Shrek. It is a song that stays with you.
We decided on Actionable for the second song because it fit more with the turning into superhero side. We decided we needed a second song to defrenciate (sp? help tillonious) between the two different worlds, normal and superhero. It really heightened up the sequence and made it more exciting than it was without any music.

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