Hanifa Uddin website: https://hanifauddinsound.co.uk/about/
(3rd Year University of the Arts London sound student.)
I found Hanifa because I was working on her own project. I helped with the Animation for it and so after that project was done I decided to ask for her services on my project. Initially she was meant to help with just sound effects and Folie. Though the more we talked about my project she became intrigued to try her hand at writing a soundtrack for it too. I of course was excited to be able to have the opportunity to create a soundtrack for my animation so I accepted and this is the progress so far.
(All sound effects are taken from splice, free to use to the public if paid for, Hanifa has access to this library due to being a sound student at UAL)
Sound Effects so far:
Crystal sound at the start of the film
Initial Punch sound
Sea serpent hiss
Crystal shattered when hit by blue haired twin
Soundtracks
These are some examples of work in progress soundtracks that are in the works. As me and Hanifa met up to discuss what would work for this film we settled on taking inspiration from multiple pop media songs we were interested in replicating. Since, we based the earlier sound effects half on game sounds we used the popular game Honkai star Rails songs such as ‘Take the Journey’ and ‘Wildfire’. We also talked about Korean Pop since that was an inspiration to us both. Specifically taking from the band Stray Kids. We used songs such as ‘Sound Effects’ and the overall style of Stray kids as a base point since they specalise in layering multiple sound effects to create complex compositions. In the end these were some of the work she was able to create with it.
Analysis on track one
Track one is reminiscent of coffee shop music since it is consistent and mellow and stays at the same slow tempo the entire time. This is definitely inspired by specifically ‘Take the Journey’ from Honkai star rail which has the same slow tempo throughout so Hanifa definitely followed up with my request to take examples from these songs specifically. Overall the track is very smooth and would be an easy way to ease people into the animation since the familiarity of the coffee shop atmosphere would be a nice introduction to the film. I also enjoy the way it cycles through once on the melody and after it repeats but with backup instruments to feel more alive and less alone. The development of the melody also signifies change in the animation too which is a nice touch to add.
My only critique is that of course it isn’t finished but also that currently this is just a test so it doesn’t really align with the film just yet, it is a bit too slow considering one of the first major scenes in the animation is a fight scene. But, there is still more time till the screening so these music tests still have time to develop and turn into more developed pieces for my finished animation.
Analysis on track two
Track two is definitely styled after Stray kids. Since, Stray kids uses digital sounds in a faster tempo the style of this track matches that perfectly which I am very happy about. She took on board our talk and has seemed to create test tracks that fit those descriptions very well. Overall this track has a lot more potential since it could match the serious to not serious and then ending on serious tone my film follows from start to end. The apparent digital sounds add that layer of ominous feeling in the film and I can already start to imagine this in the film.
My critique other than being a test is that it follows the same progression as the previous one so I am intrigued to start pushing this more into more extreme and mellow versions of itself for the climax parts of the film but also the ending when everything seems to level into a level playing field.