Co-working on movie “Dzik”

When I got an offer to write music to a featurette “Dzik”, I wanted to prepare myself for the job first. I watched few war movies, paying attention how music helps to build up the mood.

I suggested to the director, that the music, apart from the war elements, should also have a main theme (played by violin supported by symphony orchestra). The director agreed with my idea. I wrote the music starting from the end of the movie, working to the beginning. Typically the towards the end of the movie, music has most substance. Once I wrote the main theme and printed out the sheet music, I invited to my recording studio a talented violinist young generation – Grzegorz Wojtasik (a member of the orchestra of the “Silesia” dance group) to record his performance of the main music theme.

Cooperation

I have used electronic conga drums, played by an ethnic instruments expert – Grzegorz Surowka, to give the music a deeper resonance and a more unconventional sound. Working with the director and the editor I ensured the music had perfect timing, war theme elements and was charged with a large dose of anxiety and mystery. I have send the draft version of the music to the picture editor to ensure it fitted well together. Once this part was complete, I was working on correcting the sound. I was making sure the sound had write proportions and was of the best quality. Finally the recorded completed material in 24 beat rate 96kHz was sent to the producers.