Most people think the only way to create a film score is from instruments, but that’s not the case at all. Music for films can be made out of anything, really. Musician Emil Richards (Mission: Impossible, Jurassic Park) became well-known for supporting this theory. Emil was constantly banging on objects everywhere he went, to see the sounds each item would produce. Before his death, composers such as Danny Elfman and Michael Giacchino would come to regularly for these sounds. He is also the man behind the famous finger snaps in The Adams Family theme. When it came time to score Shudder’s Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, the sequel to the 1994 Danish horror film Nightwatch, composer Ceiri Torjussen knew he wanted to do something unique with non-musical sources, as he does with a lot of his sci-fi and horror projects. Since moths are present in both this film and the original, Ceiri recorded moth wings and buzzes and found that when manipulated and slowed down, produced a sinister rhythm. These recordings quickly became one of the signature sounds in the score.In the below interview Ceiri discusses everything from his Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever score to creating new sounds from uncommon places. Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever feat. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Official Trailer | Coming to Shudder www.youtube.com Editor's notes: the following interview is edited for length and clarity. No Film School: First off, what led to your career in music?Ceiri Torjussen: Music is what I’ve always done since I was a pretty...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 4 June, 2024