The opening and ending songs…
While I’ve been mixing, I’ve been wondering about the opening and ending music for the audio drama. When I first started the project, it was a given that since the series itself is anime-influenced and is set up mostly like a full anime series (24-26 episodes planned), that I should add an opening and ending song, much like your typical anime episode.
Both songs are about two minutes each, and I’ve tried to integrate them both fairly seamlessly into the audio drama; the opening music (trivia! The opening song, A Night Comes!, is a remixed version of the opening song from the game that the audio drama is based on, and also happens to be Izumi’s cell phone ringtone) is played after the opening scene for that particular episode, and the ending music starts playing during the last thirty seconds or so of the audio drama.
But lately I’ve been wondering; do these two songs add to an episode, or does it detract from the listening experience? Do listeners listen to both of the songs all the way through, or do they skip the opening and go straight to the next scene? I decided to put a poll up for the listeners of the audio drama (and readers of the blog) to try and figure out the general consensus regarding the music. So do me a favor and vote!
Yes, you! IZUMI WANTS YOU…TO VOTE IN THIS POLL. Or she’ll mind wipe you. She told me so herself.
If you vote, thanks for taking the time to help improve the audio drama to be the best that it can be. And if you didn’t, well…let’s just say that you might have a memory lapse or two in the near future.
Anyway! If you’re looking for an update on the next episode, here it is: The recasts are finished, and we now have a brand new Makoto and Tsubasa, two very talented voice actors who definitely strengthen the cast as a whole. Right now, I’m in the process of mixing the lines that I do have, taking my time doing so because I’ll be at a standstill until I get my laptop (with pretty much all of my BGM and SFX files) up and running again. I’m thinking the next blog post might be about recasts, but you can never tell with me. Stay tuned!
