Choosing My Soundtrack

When choosing a soundtrack to accompany my music video I had to take into account many different aspects when choosing one. I came across a lot of songs that I felt could be suitable however, I must take into account specific and the most important aspects when looking for an appropriate song.

For example, I need to ask myself:

• what is the length of the song?
• who is the target audience?
• how relatable are the lyrics?
• how well known is the song?
• how old is the song?
• is there an accompanying music video?
• what genre does the song belong to?

I began to look at songs such as:

Ed Sheeran: Sofa

MGMT: Of Moons, Birds and Monsters- (indie rock)

MGMT: Time to Pretend- (indie rock)

Fenech Soler: Lies- (indie pop)

Dubba Jonny: What Have You Got?- (drum and bass)

Biffy Clyro: Bubbles- (metal)

All of which are from a variety of genres, therefore I had to narrow it down to one genre, I picked Indie Rock. I ended up choosing indie rock as I could picture a scene setting more closely related to the genre than I could for the others.

Moving forward from this I began to look into more Indie Rock artists such as Foster the People and Passion Pit. I then found the following songs that inspired me greatly:

Foster the People- Helena Beat

MGMT-Electric Feel

Passion Pit-Sleepyhead

Choosing a Soundtrack on Prezi

As seen above in the Prezi, I then decided I would go with Helena Beat by Foster the People. This is because I felt it was the song that would

1. Suit my ideas best

2. Was the most dynamic

3. Could relate to many different scenarios

4. It was my favourite as I was inspired as soon as I heard it

Lyrics | Foster The People lyrics - Helena Beat lyrics