Folk Soundtrack

Due to our film being a Mockumentary style we have decided not to have music throughout our film. We chose not to include music as when we were researching and watching other films of the same type of genre hardly any had music such as underscore etc. playing throughout the film. Therefore we made the decision also not to have music throughout.
We have decided however to have a soundtrack that will be played right at the very end of our film and also have it playing throughout the credits at the end.
The soundtrack will be the folk song that Laura stumbled across when researching the Dover Gaol history. We have decided to do this as we feel it would leave a lasting impression on the audience as the lyrics tell the whole true story of what happened in Dover Gaol.
Here are the lyrics to the song:

We smuggling boys are merry boys

Sometimes here and sometimes there

No rent nor taxes do we pay,

But a man of war is all our fear.

'Twas on the 21 st of May,

As you will understand,

We sailed out of Boulogne Bay,

Bound for the English land. 

But to our sad misfortune,

And to our great surprise,

We were chased by two galleys,

Belonging to the excise.

Oh then my boys for liberty,

Was the cry of one and all,

But soon they overpowered us,

With powder and with ball. 

They dragged us up to Gaol,

In irons bound like thieves,

All for to serve great George our King,

and force us to the seas. 

The wives for their husbands

Were in such sad distress,

For children round the gaol

Were crying fatherless.

And sure the sight was shocking

For any one to see,

But still the cry came from the mob,

For death or liberty. 

 

Oh then a hole all in the wall,

Was everybody's cry.

And Lillburn and McCullock's men

were soon obliged to fly. 

For bricks and tiles flew so fast,

From every point you see,

And these poor men from Dover gaol,

They gained their liberty.

And now they've gained their liberty

The long wide world to range,

Long life to the women,

Likewise to the  men.

Here is my first version of the song:

 https://soundcloud.com/music-for-media-1/michelle-song-rough-copy



Here is the final song recorded at KETV studios:

 

https://soundcloud.com/music-for-media-1/we-smuggling-boys-soundtrack

 

  

I didn't change any of the lyrics of the song as we didn't want to ruin the authenticity of it. I decided to just add a simple tune and to keep it stripped back by just using guitar and vocals. As this is supposed to be a traditional Folk song, I used the chords  Am,C,G,D the chords I used are very common to many traditional Folk songs. I also sang and played the song in a way that gave the song an old sea Shantie feel to retain the theme of the film.
When editing the track we added sound effects that would boost the sea theme. The sound effects we added were a rough sea, sail boat and seagull sound effects throughout the song.
We also added Reverb and Delay to the vocals and the sound effects to make the song sound haunting and keep the mood of the mysterious ghost smugglers  going until the very end of the film.