Synopsis:

I have trimmed a bunch in the first and second acts and completely rescored the movie with the wonderful work of Goblin.

Intentions:

I wanted to change the mood and feel of the movie, particularly the first half. It's very much a jump scare/fake-out jump scare movie for a bit and then gets really interesting when we delve into the Further in my opinion. I wanted to reduce the jumps and change the music to make it feel more like a psychological thriller. Plus Goblin is dope, so I wanted to use their stuff.

Change List:

- Cut kids talking through cans - Cut piano scare and baby on floor fake-out (obvious set-up) - Cut conversation with Josh and Renai - Cut Lorraine talking to Dalton (who's sleep-talking) and seeing woman in the white dress (it's repetitive and way too obvious when she finds Josh behind the door) - Cut Dalton recounting the stuff with Josh (again, too obvious) - Cut Lorraine telling Specs and Tucker about the night before. Specs and Tucker just found the video so they would logically invite Lorraine over there regardless - Reordered scenes so Renai being fooled by the baby cries is intercut with Lorraine meeting with Specs and Tucker - Cut Josh’s tooth falling out and him (Parker) talking to the Bride in Black - Cut scene with cans. It’s a decent scene but I cut the earlier scene with the cans and the ghostly whispers audio and score were too deeply entrenched for me to make it sound good - Cut some of Carl and Josh's back and forth so we go straight from suspicion to attack (no dice).

Additional Notes:

I made the narrative trims I wanted to make first, then pored through all my Goblin stuff noting tracks that fit the vibe I was looking for. Goblin are fantastic at a lot of things but for this edit I was going for a feeling of dread. So I chose pieces that were generally not fast-paced (with some exception, of course) but more setting the mood of things being not right. I also was looking for pieces that kind of pulse and drive forward. I wanted the score to be very front and center (hence the volume levels) and drive the feeling of dread for this family. I also knew I wanted to repeat some tracks and motifs so that was in mind while I was going through the music, as well.

Other Sources:

Multiple horror soundtracks: Zombi (DotD), Contamination, Suspiria, Buio Omega, Notturno and the "regular" Goblin record True Blood.

Special Thanks:

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