The song used throughout the animation is Closer (Precursor) by Nine Inch Nails. Due to its eerie sound effects and ominous droning noise, the song was always intended to inform the timing of the film, with every shot lasting 2 bars of the song. With every shot the same length, an ominous inevitability of tragedy is present throughout the animation. This formed a strong foundation for the soundscape and slowly increased in volume over the course of the animation.
Additional sounds were recorded on guitar to accentuate specific events, most importantly, the finale where Seraphi really lights up. This was done by playing an 'e' octave and slowly bending the higher string to achieve a harsh, dissonant, sound. In the final seconds white noise is layered over the guitar to imitate increased static.
A specific ‘Nihl sound’ was created by scratching the guitar strings with an echo and whirring effect applied in ‘audacity’. Sound is used during Nihl’s point of view shots to illustrate an animal such as Nihl would have much poorer hearing than we do. Also the final shot of all black that is completely silent is intended as a P.O.V. shot; however, as the character is dead, obviously no sound can be heard.
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