Music Inspiration - 'No Church in the Wild' (Kanye West/ Jay-Z)

‘Safe House’ (2012) is an American action thriller directed by Daniel Espinosa. The film stars Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington. This film is about a young CIA agent who is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge. The main soundtrack used in the trailer is a song produced by Jay-Z and Kanye West. The use of this song in the trailer makes it a lot more effective and adds to the atmosphere of the visuals on the screen.

This soundtrack uses a combination of a high tempo/bass-heavy beat and Foley sound effects such as heavy breathing as its main source of atmosphere and tension. The constant drumming perhaps made by a base drum can be used to represent the large amounts of violence and explosions which gives the audience an increased feeling of suspense. The build-up of tempo and instruments used as the soundtrack progresses can also create a sense of anxiety for the audience and can be used to make the visuals a lot more epic. A large range of instruments in the soundtrack give a lot of different effects and can represent different meanings. The electric instruments such as the guitar can maybe represent technology and modernization. The mid-low pitch of these guitar sounds create a sense of unease and are constant throughout the main sections of the music. The chorus of the song is of an R&B style sung by Frank Ocean and the change from a hip hop style beat with the R&B style vocals can perhaps represent mystery. ‘No church in the Wild’ uses a mixture of a bass-heavy beat with guitar riffs, synthesizers, and drums to great effect and I would seriously consider this to be the soundtrack for our own teaser trailer.