Soundtrack for a short film

Date:14/3/10
Duration: 4 hours

I was approached by a friend who is creating a short film for his studies at Derby college. Originally I was asked to create a totally original track for the short film but concept of the film changed and he wanted a cover of a existing track.
He wanted a acoustic version of the song 'Heartbeat' by the swedish band Knife. But after realizing the existence of  a famous cover of the song by Jose Gonzalez which was used for Sony Bravia advert, we decided to do a electronic version (similar to the original) but also in cooperating elements of acoustic guitar.

(above is the guitar tab on which the track was referenced from)

Using the tab above, I entered the corresponding notes into the Logic's piano roll (sequencer) trying to keep it accurate as possible.
I entered the notes for the acoustic guitar and created accompanying string parts using the Logic's EXS24 sampler

Care was taken to ensure the strings envelope (ADSR) was appropriate for the piece and fitted in properly in the context of the song.

Other aspects of the song such as the drums used loops inside logic. I normally don't use drum loops but because of the urgency of the project I tried the loops and was generally happy with the result.

Synth sounds also utilised the EXS24. I opened a preset and tweaked it until I achieved the sound I was looking for.


Extra drums sounds (overdubs) was created using Ultrabeat inside Logic.

After All sounds  I needed was created and recorded, I quickly mixed the work for my friend to take with him.

Here is the recording my friend took with: (NOTE this is pre-mixing and the song has since been mixed properly and more instruments added)