Music in our opening

Music was something that our group felt was very important in the movie making process. This was mainly due to the fact that I feel that music is one of the best aspects in creating mis en scene in a film. Our movie needed this as it was set in the 1950s, a time which had incredible  pop and jazz  music. We also felt that we needed music to establish mood for atmosphere during some of the more suspenseful scenes in the movie.
We decided to pick two songs, one for the very opening and another for the end. The first was I don't want to set the world on fire by the Ink Spots for the opening. This song, whilst generally having a happy tone has a certain mood that makes it seem old and somewhat spooky its tone, partially due to its age. Here is the link to the song below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6vqPUM_FE

The other song we picked was Wonderful, Wonderful by Johnny Mathis. This song was much like I don't want to set the World on Fire due to its happy but suspenseful tone. Both songs also created a sense of irony due to their happy and somewhat upbeat nature. Wonderful, Wonderful was also effective due to its whistling at the beginning which we felt would create a great noise if an echo was added during editing. Here is to the link to Wonderful, Wonderful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH0_XfxnXWI