Something I had been looking forward to for a while now had been the recording of the soundtrack for the film. Well, this finally materialised on Saturday 22nd April with the studio recording of Heather Tracy’s (Gwen Goodie) original folk songs that have quite literally blown me away. Working alongside engineers Baz and Duncan of Boxwing, the studio sessions comprised of Heather on vocals and arrangements, Oliver Bruce on guitar, Sarah Lee Allen on vocals and flute and Peter O’Shea on vocals and guitar.
It was fascinating to watch how the songs built up through rehearsal, multi tracking and communication with the RAVENSWOOD REEL the first to be recorded. This song, an upbeat jig is to play out over the end credits and is designed to be the total opposite to the mysterious ending narration by Rupert Booth. Opening the film is ANIMA, a predominantly acapella composition with lots of mystery and reverb. Also recorded was WICKED and traditional folk songs TREAMOUNE (Sixteenth Century) and ROSEBUD. Baz and Duncan are now doing the final mix down. So all that’s left now is locking down the picture and handing over to Baz and Duncan again for the final sound mix.
It’s a year since we started shooting now and I the project is finally drawing to a close…although I have just entered production on a documentary about DOCTOR WHO fans so it starts all over again!
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