The document discusses the soundtracks of four post-apocalyptic films and how they establish tone and atmosphere. It notes that the soundtrack of "I Am Legend" is slow-paced to highlight isolation. "The Walking Dead" opening has an eerie but not too fast soundtrack to create intrigue. "The Hunger Games" soundtrack has a similar pace to "The Walking Dead," indicating a fight for survival. The soundtrack of "The Road" is also very slow-paced to enhance feelings of isolation in that film. Studying these soundtracks helped inform the choice of soundtrack for the author's own post-apocalyptic film opening.

1. Post-apocalyptic

2.  I am legend has a slow-paced
soundtrack. This highlights the
idea of isolation and loneliness
as the protagonist within the
film, although he is with his
dog, he is the only human and
therefore could link to the
busyness within the film- slow-
paced referring to there only
being one people left, so there
is little life of humans left.

3.  During The Walking Dead
opening, it has a eerie, fast-
paced (but not too fast)
soundtrack to create an affect
on the audience. It makes it
feel like there is something
waiting to happen, which
makes the audience interested
and intrigued. It could relate
to the speed of their
adrenaline, which influenced
the pace of the soundtrack,
also indicating that a fight for
survival is taking place.

4.  The hunger games soundtrack
is similar to The walking dead-
in terms of pace. It is not
slow, like ‘I am legend’ but it
is not fast which will change
the mood and atmosphere of
the film. It indicates a fight
for survival as it could link to
the pace of the characters
running when completing the
challenge.

5.  The roads soundtrack is very slow
paced, which enhances the idea of
isolation and loneliness. It also fits to
the genre as it includes an explosion
which wipes out a lot of the
population and therefore there is only
a small amount of people left, who are
still fighting for survival.

6. The post-apocalyptic soundtracks that we have studied has
influenced our chosen soundtrack for our post-apocalyptic
opening as it allows us to get an insight to what style,
tempo, tone and beat is used within our chosen genre.
Alongside this, it allowed us to produce an accurate piece of
music by having those soundtracks which have influenced us
and helped to expand our knowledge further on what is
appropriate within certain films.

7. The post-apocalyptic soundtracks that we have studied has
influenced our chosen soundtrack for our post-apocalyptic
opening as it allows us to get an insight to what style,
tempo, tone and beat is used within our chosen genre.
Alongside this, it allowed us to produce an accurate piece of
music by having those soundtracks which have influenced us
and helped to expand our knowledge further on what is
appropriate within certain films.