Irv Johnson Music Composer & Film Whisperer

ABOUT

This was an indie horror feature I recently scored.
Horror is a wonderful genre, especially for composers, if only for the exploration of new sound as this genre allows for so much creativity..
Still, one has to be careful not fall into the obvious tropes, while of course delivering on all the obvious tropes. However, I have discovered that if one simply piles on ugly sound after ugly sound without breaks, the audience becomes comforted by the wall of sound instead. Therefore, the key to a successful score for horror, lies in first, the dynamics (loud and soft) orchestra/underscore, to uncomfortable breaks of silence, then adding a native sound bank created out of elements from the score using fx.
This particular film was the first feature for this duo as a team, with co-Director David Allensworth having had success with shorts prior to as well as co-Director Moniere with his first feature "Dissonance" that I also scored in 2008.
Although the budget had limitations, the sound designer, Angelo Panetta, and I worked hard to create a sound for this film that is quite grand in its scope the film is mixed in Atmos, thereby giving it a 360 degree sound field.
Soul To Keep is currently in the festival circuit having had its world premiere in October at Shriekfest 2018.

Soul to Keep was directed by David Allensworth and Moniere for Shady Tree Films.

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MADEIT CREDITS

  • David AllensworthClient

Who pooled - Soul To Keep_SHADY TREE FILMS_DIR: David Allensworth & Moniere