Background Music

The background music I am going to be using for my trailer is an American Folklore song known as 'In The Pines', 'Black Girl', or 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night'. For copyright reasons, it will be a cover version performed by a good friend of mine, and yours truly. The song 'In The Pines' has a lot of backstory and theories behind it (it was created in the 1800's, there's been more than enough time for stories to speculate), and it is even part of the subgenre 'murder ballad' (a song that is about a murder, whether it is leading up to, the murder itself, or the aftermath). I heard this song by listening to Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York live set, and then looked into the song in a little more detail, finding that it was used in the 'A House Divided' episode of the video game series 'The Walking Dead'. The lyrics in the video game version are different, and the lyrics have changed a lot over time. The lyrics to In The Pines used to go like this:

'Black girl black girl, don't lie to me
Where did you stay last night?
I stayed in the pines, where the sun never shines,
And shivered when the cold wind blows.'

However, the version I am using is longer, and goes as follows:

'Little girl, little girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines in the pines, where the sun never shines
We'll shiver the whole night through

My daddy was a railroad man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head was found in the driver's wheel
His body was never found

In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
We'll shiver the whole night through

You've caused me to weep,
You've caused me to mourn,
Caused me to lose my home

Little girl, little girl
Where'd you sleep last night
Not even your mother knows
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
We'll shiver when the cold winds blow.'

So I will be using this song, and putting my own twist on it to make it slightly different and individual. I don't want to slow the song down however, otherwise the trailer may be too long, and I need to make sure that I don't focus too much on the music itself, otherwise it may come across as more of a music video in comparison to a movie trailer.

Key Terms

Zeitgeist - The spirit of 'now', what's trending, what's popular.
Parody - To copy something in a mocking, or comedic way.
Pastiche - Where you copy and mix styles together.
Homage - To pay tribute, or to credit something.
Bricolage - Combining things to create something new.

-Watching Thunderbirds, Trapped in the Sky, Extras and Team America-