The AudioBus Horror Movie Massive: Final Vote & Sign Up

Gravitas

Awesome.

It's coming together really nicely.

Yeaahhhh....

LinearLineman

@Svetlovska said:
Maybe @LinearLineman ? On the strength of his Mr Hyde piece, I can certainly imagine a ‘main theme’ / title sequence played on piano, which could then be provided as both audio & MIDI file for others to mess with…

I think I can come up with something like that. How long a section?

gothamoddisee

If there's a need for 'alternates' to fill in, please add me to the list. Or kindly send me to where they sign up is. Thanks!

Svetlovska

@rottencat : hey, no problem.

It’s an artistic decision for each person to make for themselves, the inevitable tension between doing their own thing on their own piece versus the possible objective of producing something collectively which has some kind of overall thematic cohesiveness.

To that end we’re trying to set it up so there are some common elements which you can choose (but are not obliged) to draw upon - possibly some audio or midi ‘motif’ of an instrument, or some vocalisations, the option of listening to, responding to, and maybe even drawing from, elements provided by others as the thing develops over time - but your section is your section, you do you as you see fit.

How’s that?

The only ‘musts’ are going to be around the technical stuff, like file formats and sound levels, tba.

BUT: everyone has to expect that their final piece might be stretched or squashed or otherwise edited a little in order to slot into the flow.

Hope that helps.

Svetlovska

Hi, @gothamoddisee, and thanks for your interest

Please feel free - as anyone on the forum is, of course - to produce your own thing for this anyway, plus any foley, fx, soundscape stuff you like. Pick a (nominal) section that is already covered, follow the technical and submission rules, and if someone has to drop out, you’re in.

FWIW, I see no reason why, once we launch the ‘official full soundtrack’ version, we can’t use the forum to publish ‘response pieces’ by anyone either reacting to the ‘official’ version, or supplying their own alternate takes anyway.

We have to set deadlines and limit numbers in the first instance to make the project do-able, but hey, if enough people wanted to go again later who missed out first time round, once the format and resources are there, who’s to say there couldn’t be a Vampyr - Vol 2?

LinearLineman

Or another film altogether.

Svetlovska

Indeed. They are out there…

iOSTRAKON

I have a feeling
That the vampyr will feed
Seamless interactions
Producing sonic implications
No overthought needed
When the past is the evening

McD

@Svetlovska: crack the whip! No more input unless it's audio or MIDI.

Anyone is free to launch their own project. Artists need boundaries to create and the best work often had the benevolent input/control of a "producer".

Svetlovska

Don’t worry @McD : the doors are closed on the ‘official’ Vampyr project contributors (unless someone bails, in which case we’ll take people off the reserve bench in order of their application). But hey, anyone can do their thing as a side hustle, don’t need any permission for that…

We’ll shortly be setting up a location for submissions, and the tech ground rules. Keep ‘em peeled…

iOSTRAKON

Hope we decide to put the audio track on Bandcamp for free download

McD

@Svetlovska said:
Don’t worry @McD

Too late…. I won’t sleep easy until the project wraps and we can see it on one of the streaming sites.

I’m not going to watch the film and be surprised by the finished goods.

The users of Staffpad posted a collaborative project and this is even more ambitious.

rottencat

@Svetlovska said:
@rottencat : hey, no problem.

It’s an artistic decision for each person to make for themselves, the inevitable tension between doing their own thing on their own piece versus the possible objective of producing something collectively which has some kind of overall thematic cohesiveness.

To that end we’re trying to set it up so there are some common elements which you can choose (but are not obliged) to draw upon - possibly some audio or midi ‘motif’ of an instrument, or some vocalisations, the option of listening to, responding to, and maybe even drawing from, elements provided by others as the thing develops over time - but your section is your section, you do you as you see fit.

How’s that?

The only ‘musts’ are going to be around the technical stuff, like file formats and sound levels, tba.

BUT: everyone has to expect that their final piece might be stretched or squashed or otherwise edited a little in order to slot into the flow.

Hope that helps.

Yes, it helps a lot. Thanks @Svetlovska!

Kewe_Esse

@McD said:

The users of Staffpad posted a collaborative project and this is even more ambitious.

Whoa, quite a lot to unpack sonically in that piece!

Gravitas

@LinearLineman said:
Or another film altogether.

I'm thinking about doing this during Winter.
Horror movies are not really my thing but I have scored for visuals before.