Editing The Score

The editing of the score proved quite difficult. A problem I had found was that I had not timed the pieces of music to the sequence as well as I had thought, and so some pieces of music had to be cut and re-sequenced to fit in a cohesive way. This has lead to some instances where one piece of music ends in a place that sounds unnatural as another piece begins.

To overcome this, I have been able to disguise some of the edits with extra sound effects placed where a piece of music would transition into another. This way the sudden change is not so obvious. This is most notable when, during the sequence, an alarm is sounded and the music becomes more dramatic and bombastic. I used the sound of an engine powering down and turned up the volume in order to mask the sudden transition. I feel that this strategy is successful and has been used during various parts of the sequence.

In future I feel that I should plan these aspects a little more carefully than I had done during this project in order for me to not make sudden compromises. Overall, however, I feel that the end result works, if not necessarily how I had originally intended.