soundtracks for post apocalyptic films

Post Apocalyptic Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST2H8FWDvEA&list=PLv1CtFY5Ks_TcGmHGFk9MJyZJcYnqF3Q8

The post apocalyptic music is very deceptive depending on the tone of the films scene that the music consists of as in 'The Road' the non-diagetic piano playing in the background of the film while acting as a character builder as its slow and very much a reflective scene on the past to add exposition to the film, it also links with the film due to the fact that the colour is very greyscale and minimalistic when the film is very much open world and not confined to a singular location as it goes from the suburbs to the highway and then to the ocean so the tempo of the  piano is almost symbolic of how long and degenerative the film has been but yet the high pitched keys being played show remorse and resentment of some kind towards the overcast of the whole film.

With in 'I am Legend' however the soundtracks that are used are very much a use of moral boosting as the overviewing scenario of the film is that he is surviving alone in a world dominated by zombies, and while surviving he is trying to  find a cure for the disease that is causing the apocalypse.

Overall, the consensus of the Post Apocalyptic soundtrack is that it have to portrays the emotion that is depicted to the certain scenario whether that be triumphant or whether that be an intimate moment between the character and the camera. The instruments that are use are either percussion, wood wind or string as the have a drone to them caused by the vibrations which can be manipulated to match a certain tone with in the film creating a symphony.

 
"The darkness, the strangers, the anticipation, the warm comfortable embrace of the cinema seat. We're ready to experience some big emotions," he says, "and the minute the music booms out, we are on board for the ride.

"Human beings are very good at interpreting sound. Right back to when our prehistoric selves will have heard a twig snap in a forest and thought 'that's it, I'm dead'.

A 2010 study by the University of California found that human sensitivity to non-linear alarm sounds, such as ones made by groundhogs to warn about predators, is being employed by film composers to unsettle and unnerve.
In films like Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho, straining strings and overblowing brass are mimicking the noise of panic in nature.
For audiences who enjoy a lush romantic score, a 2011 experiment at Canada's McGill University studied the neural mechanics of why humans get goosebumps from great tunes.

The above extracts are from the BBC's arts page about how music can manipulate a humans emotions and all these quotes further exemplify my points further about how we can feel a certain way to an individual scene or character.