Genre

Genre



When I was doing some back ground research on the track ‘Mad World’ which we are featuring in our music video I found that the track has been performed by a various number of artists and has been used to promote, compliment and advertise various different media forms such as film, video Games, trailers and television series.

The song was written in 1980 by Tears for Fears who are an English pop rock duo. When performed by Tears for Fears ‘Mad World’ was classed under the genre of electronic which was typical for the 80’s. This was the bands 3rd single which was originally intended to be a B side however it was the bands 1st chart hit reaching number 3 in the UK singles chart in November 1982. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZRib_aAQFQ

"Mad World" would achieve a second round of success beginning almost twenty years later, after it was covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the film Donnie Darko (2001) which is of the Thriller Genre. Donnie Darko is a Drama/Thriller film about a troubled teenagers who is plagued by visions of a large rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes after narrowly escaping a bizzare accident. The track its self is in the genre of soft rock and helped to give the film Donnie Darko a powerful effect in creating the specific feelings towards the audience which we intend to harness and use in our project. It then became christmas number 1 single 0f 2003. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

In 2006 the track was used to promote the Video game ‘Gears of War’ an action fantasy shooter game for Xbox 360 rated 18. When watching the advert for the video game the song gives the game trailer a powerful effect as it is a contrast to the fast paced action on the screen. Players are thrust in climatic clash between whats left of human kind and an awarming underground race called the locust Horde. The track really gives the game an eary and mysterious film to it which I feel has worked really well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccWrbGEFgI8