Highlights of the Score to A Joker's Card
Aryavarta Kumar (aka Arya)
Composer and Music Supervisor
Sometimes music stays in the background of a film and sometimes it comes to the foreground, but always, music must add the extra dimension of emotion and mood to amplify the movie going experience.
I was excited at the prospect of scoring "The Rapture" and after working with Johnny on his previous film "A Joker's Card", we agreed that some of the concepts we developed would continue on in the new score. So as a framework for "The Rapture", I thought it might be helpful to describe the scoring process in "A Joker's Card."
It all started back in 2004 when I wrote my first Taiko drumming (Japanese drumming)demo for Johnny. At the time, "A Joker's Card" was still in pre-production, but he loved the traditional 'Asian sound.' It ended up being placed as the score for the original teaser and used subsequently for inspiration throughout the production watch the first teaser to listen to the piece I'm referring to). After getting down to actual filming, I sat back and absorbed all that I could. I wanted to be inspired by Johnny's vision for "A Joker's Card," make sure that his story flowed well musically, while also adding a little creative blend of my own style. The end result is the soundtrack which you can buy here.
The score combines aspects of Danny Elfman's grand militaristic marches (heard in the original Batman series) with the brass stylings of the Batman TV series, and to top it off, an Asian flair that carried Johnny's interpretation. Jonathan's theme, a childish piano-bell theme that echos both innocence and mischeviousness while conveying a passionate desire to rule the world was a fun one to write; It came from an inspiration I had from Elfman's wonderful Batman themes. I occasionally perform it at events that I play and it is distinctive enough that people now associate that theme with "A Joker's Card." I had originally written a much more complex orchestral version of it, but decided against including it because of Jonathan's character. Kyle did a wonderful job acting and I think Jonathan's theme plays off Jonathan quite well.
The Asian elements really come out in the fight between Ekin Tzu and Nightwing. The deep Taiko hits deliver quite a powerful sound and really adds depth to the entire fight. Since much of the footage was sped up during the fight scene, I decided to use the music to slow the pacing down a bit, to add some realism. It's a subtle touch actually based on how I designed the beats, but it works quite well.
Next post, I'll talk about the scoring of the Rapture teaser. So tune in soon.
Composer and Music Supervisor
Sometimes music stays in the background of a film and sometimes it comes to the foreground, but always, music must add the extra dimension of emotion and mood to amplify the movie going experience.
I was excited at the prospect of scoring "The Rapture" and after working with Johnny on his previous film "A Joker's Card", we agreed that some of the concepts we developed would continue on in the new score. So as a framework for "The Rapture", I thought it might be helpful to describe the scoring process in "A Joker's Card."
It all started back in 2004 when I wrote my first Taiko drumming (Japanese drumming)demo for Johnny. At the time, "A Joker's Card" was still in pre-production, but he loved the traditional 'Asian sound.' It ended up being placed as the score for the original teaser and used subsequently for inspiration throughout the production watch the first teaser to listen to the piece I'm referring to). After getting down to actual filming, I sat back and absorbed all that I could. I wanted to be inspired by Johnny's vision for "A Joker's Card," make sure that his story flowed well musically, while also adding a little creative blend of my own style. The end result is the soundtrack which you can buy here.
The score combines aspects of Danny Elfman's grand militaristic marches (heard in the original Batman series) with the brass stylings of the Batman TV series, and to top it off, an Asian flair that carried Johnny's interpretation. Jonathan's theme, a childish piano-bell theme that echos both innocence and mischeviousness while conveying a passionate desire to rule the world was a fun one to write; It came from an inspiration I had from Elfman's wonderful Batman themes. I occasionally perform it at events that I play and it is distinctive enough that people now associate that theme with "A Joker's Card." I had originally written a much more complex orchestral version of it, but decided against including it because of Jonathan's character. Kyle did a wonderful job acting and I think Jonathan's theme plays off Jonathan quite well.
The Asian elements really come out in the fight between Ekin Tzu and Nightwing. The deep Taiko hits deliver quite a powerful sound and really adds depth to the entire fight. Since much of the footage was sped up during the fight scene, I decided to use the music to slow the pacing down a bit, to add some realism. It's a subtle touch actually based on how I designed the beats, but it works quite well.
Next post, I'll talk about the scoring of the Rapture teaser. So tune in soon.
posted by The Rapture Blog at 7:29 PM
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