One of the most important things that ties the action of 405 together is its original score by Wayne Boon. Wayne was introduced to Bruce and Jeremy by way of Jeff Scheetz. Jeff had worked with Wayne on Roughnecks, The Starship Trooper Chronicles and had high praise for his talent.

I was just coming to the end of an eight-month brutal post schedule composing the music for "Roughnecks" and -- to be honest -- had no interest in jumping straight back into the frying pan writing music for anybody anytime soon. When Bruce Branit called to ask if I could score his & Jeremy's movie short I was still quite gun shy. But not wishing to appear ignorant or rude I asked when I could see a copy of the work. Boy, oh Boy! When I saw what they'd accomplished, there was no doubt in my mind. It immediately "fired me up..." We arranged a quick meeting, got great vibes from each other and seven days later the final version of the music was delivered.

Wayne combined an orchestral flavor with a techno edge and came up with the perfect tone to fit an airplane barreling down the 405. Below Wayne describes the process he goes through as he composes and the process he used for his score of 405.

First, I watched the show four or five times to determine what type or pace/intensity of music goes where and when and for how long.

Next, I found a tempo that worked with each scene (mostly around 160 bpm) and brought us to the next change of scene on a down beat.

You can download the mp3 audio file of the musical score at mp3.com.

I work in Emagic's Logic Platinum Audio Sequencer on a Mac G4 450Mhz computer for all the recording. The percussion/drums were put down where ever needed. This process often sparks/inspires musical ideas of its own and experience told me to go with those ideas there and then as they surfaced because time often dilutes the initial excitement of the idea. It's a personal thing!

Then, the music is scribed and the Orchestrations/Arrangements are expanded. On a couple of occasions I'd call Bruce & Jeremy to run ideas by them. Receiving their input always added to the excitement of the scene musically.

Next, I mixed down the session into Digidesign Protools and burnt a MP3 file to send via e-mail to the guys for final approval.

The last part of the stage was to convert the final mix to wav files (I work on a Mac, Bruce & Jeremy work on PC boxes) and burn CD of those files for delivery to 405themovie.com.

It was a pleasure working with these guys because we were all thinking along the same lines musically from day one. Two swipes and a couple of tweaks and the score was done. We're all very proud of the final product.

Cheers, Wayne Boon.