I always wanted a piece of music without lyrics as I didn't want to detract from the visual aspect of the film - which was already quite extreme with the lighting cues. I started with a basic song to edit to - which our tutor warned me made the film start to look like a music video. Once my rough cut was complete I began looking for alternatives, searching for a piece of classical music instead of the electronic style I had gone for beforehand.
I would have ideally used 's 'transcendental studies no18 'Liscio. Tranquillamente scorrevole' - a piano piece that's allegro movement up and down the keys I thought reflected the ideas of binary reflected in the piece. However, due to copyright protections for all versions I found this choice was unusable.
I finally settled on Port Horizon ("Port Horizon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ from Incompetech. I was initially intrigued by it being described as "unclassifiable" which I felt resonated with the themes of my film. Upon listening I found this reflected through the contrast of short wave radio frequencies and real-world instrumentation. I thought this highlighted the ideas of subverting the gender binary presented through the film.
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