Music for my trailer

(Starts at 00:26) This song fits well with the overall gritty and British feel that we could portray through our trailer, and would make it easier if we were to include this song. I was thinking we could have about 30 seconds of the intro to the trailer with the monologue and Nathan getting ready. The trailer could then cut to a violent scene such as someone being thrown against a fence and music could start playing. The song is also upbeat which is reflective of what we intend to do with our trailer, lots of fast paced cuts and action. The lyrics would also be relevant to what is happening in the trailer and the overall plot of the film "One...Take control of me?/You're messing with the enemy/Said it's two, it's another trick/Messing with my mind I wake up". Nathan is the enemy of Hao Zheng though he doesn't know it, and Hao Zheng is messing with him by making him perform meaningless tasks. We also intended for Nathan to wake up in our film introduction so this is how the lyrics reflect the plot of the film.

This is an upbeat and happy song, as you can see just from looking at the album art, which would juxtapose with our film trailer. I think it could provide an interesting effect, lots of quick cuts and violent scenes with this song playing over it would work well. I think the Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer does a good job of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB-duhPR0H0)  The lyrics are relevant to the visuals in the trailer, but the song is upbeat and cheerful.

Dirty Harry by The Gorillaz. The song has a modern feel to it which will be reflected from the visuals in the trailer. The lyrics are also relevant to the plot of the film "I need a gun to keep myself from harm" is the first line in the song, which applies to Nathan who feels the need to bring a gun to his meeting because he fears for his life. The following lyrics are also very relevant to Nathan "With lightning fast reflexes on constant alert/From the constant hurt that seems limitless/With no dropping pressure/Seems like everybody's out to test ya/'Til they see you break/They can't conceal the hate that consumes you". Nathan is on constant alert because he feels his boss or any of his rivals/co-workers could betray him at any moment. Nathan feels like everyone is testing him because when he gets outdone and the drugs deal everyone laughs at him and judge him, so he feels like it's a test of sorts. They see him break when he finally snaps and pulls out the gun, and finally they fail to conceal the hate that consumes him when he pulls the trigger on his boss, Hao Zheng.

This song has a British feel to it and the lyrics reference strippers, violence and drugs, which are essentially the ingredients needed for a gangster film. The music could be synced well with the cuts, which would keep the trailer going. Since we have a lot of violent scenes throughout our trailer this song would be a good choice as it represents a violent and carefree attitude. While this isn't entirely true of Nathan, it is true of the majority of the characters in the film. The song isn't too long and we may be able to use all of it throughout the trailer if we decide on it, which could be good as cutting the song may be difficult to do without it looking or sounding bad.

Intro by The XX. This songs makes effective trailer music in my opinion because it is ambient and can be played in the background when there are monologues. Because there are no lyrics to the song the audience aren't distracted from focusing on the monologue and the visuals of the trailer. The beat in the song could also sync well with cuts. I think we should use this song for the start of the trailer, when Nathan's getting ready, because it is heavily focused on monologue and there are no violent scenes so the slow background music is reflective of the visuals. I think the song would juxtapose in a bad manner with the violent scenes and it wouldn't really fit, so I think before the trailer cuts to the violent scenes we should have this song fade out and have one of the songs above start playing.