Composer’s blog – Mickey Mousing Thursday, 25 June 2009

The action in the second half of episode 5 moves very quickly, with the added twist of the revelation that Otto is not evil, but is actually the brother of Lyn, and one half of Invisible Inc. It was important that the music provided effective underscore to the succession of different underlying emotions and tensions in the scene, and at the same time moved seamlessly through the sequence in a way that made musical sense.

At certain points in the action, I felt that it was appropriate to mirror physical movements on screen with musical gestures in the soundtrack (sometimes called “Mickey-Mousing”). Examples of this can be heard accompanying the shot where Lynn is abseiling down the building, and where she swings on the rope through the window towards the end of the episode.