Note the soundtrack styles reflect a mood or set a scene. This varies depending on your target audience. I would be lost trying to teach any group other than my own at this point in life. I know my son was teaching one of his first university courses and discovered HE was out of touch, trying to explain something in the terms of MASH and Klinger as it related to our concept of 'dressing' male or female when to his horror the first year university students knew nothing about MASH. Relevance. My kids think me irrelevant and that is probably true.

If you are my age you'll remember that the one thing that can cross lines is classical music. When bugs bunny needed to convey energy, William Tell Overture.

And guess what, classical music (for the most part) has not followed the model where you boost everything into a narrow range. One of the most intriguing side trips you can take on this issue is to put on Symphony No 3 by Górecki. Use good headphones. Don't turn it up at the start and leave the room, you might have your system blow up. You cannot listen to that in a car unless you are in a Bentley, perhaps.

I have provided some training to the Canadian independent film industry. (Mostly documentaries) You'd be surprised to learn that they use Band in a Box a lot. You can set how long you want your snippet, pick a style, and Band in a Box makes the music. This works very well, the speaking is done and you want 2 mins 10 sec for credits. You can do that.

John Conley
Musica est vita