"Time Trap" - Indie Film Music Contest January 2023 Submission 1 of 2 || Track Preview

About My Approach
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I am all about trying new things musically. While I know that this animated film is actually a comedy and I have seen the entire short elsewhere here on YouTube, this clip on its own has comedic moments but for the most part is a suspenseful action sequence. So I approached it more seriously.

It was all about energy and propulsion for me.

For the overall soundscape, the goal for me was to try something different and more alien like. I really like the 1950s styled sci-fi signal beeps and bops to depict outer space. But then I utilize it within the score elsewhere and will be using it in part 2 (my second submission). In fact, I will be continuing the development of all the material in this cue in the next submission cue to provide a coherence and relation between the 2 entries.

I wanted to avoid using percussion that sounded like normal techno or symphonic instrumentation. There is some with the looping bass sequences and the arpeggios during the flight through the narrow alley but otherwise most instruments I wanted to sound alien and not human. The direction is more like sound design as you cannot really tell what is the actual sound effects used in the short and what is score in some cases.

While there is a theme introduced in the beginning and reprises at the end, there is not much room or time during the action to develop it extensively. The second cue will do that. All the material introduced in this cue will get furthered developed in the next entry which continues the story of the short film.

About the short film
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Time Trap (2013)
Director Michael Shanks
Writer Michael Shanks
Stars Scout JanssonMark Taylor

After losing control of his engines, bumbling spaceman Fripp finds himself at the mercy of his malfunctioning spaceship. A thrilling descent through an asteroid belt ensues, after which he finds himself marooned on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Without a working spacecraft, the interstellar time-traveler must dip into the dead planet's history in order to find a way home

MUSIC PRODUCTION CREDITS
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Music Composed and Performed by: Matthew C. Hightshoe
Mixed & Engineered by: Matthew C. Hightshoe
All Intellectual Property, Copyrights and Licenses are owned by: Matthew C. Hightshoe

VIDEO CREDITS
Video clip was supplied by the contest committee for use in this contest.