Behind the Scenes - Part 2: The Original Music
Following up from the post about the animatic, here’s a piece of music that to my knowledge has only ever been heard by 2 people until now. One of the original plans for the 2015 Frog Dog Log short was that once I finished animation, I would then hand it off to Chris Roberts (Orca Life), who wanted to experiment with sound design and music following our collaboration on Transmission in 2012.
I wanted to be as hands-off as possible for this aspect of this short, only going so far as to suggest that I wanted something plucky like a banjo (which neither of us own…). Chris delivered this to me, and while it wasn’t intended to sync up with any aspect of the film, it pretty much set the mood for how I thought about these characters moving forward. It had a very simple and peaceful, Animal Crossing-esque vibe, that up until that point, I hadn’t considered. But, as discussed in the last post, I never did finish that film, and this track remained in a folder on my computer till now.
When it came to revisiting the project in early 2017, we both thought back about the logistics of jumping into a 2.5 minute short as Chris’ first sound design attempt and realized that may be daunting for both of us. I suggested I would come up with a 30 or so second short we could experiment on instead, which was to be a film about sentient smoke from a failed cooking experiment… but then I realized I already had a character that was a sentient cloud, and thus Hog & Fog came to be. So, if anyone ever wanted to know why the spin-off released before the main project, now you know.
As for the Frog Dog Log short that I eventually did finish, I ended up making and recording all of the music myself instead. This wasn’t a knock on what Chris had done prior, which I’m very grateful for, but as the new version of the film became reflective of my own process in making Brazey shorts completely by myself, it felt right that the music for Frog’s short should also have a DIY feel as well. This entire journey is ultimately why Chris received a Thank You credit in the final film, as a reminder that he set the tone in motion years prior.
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