So Far, by The Occasion

I've always found music to be highly inspirational to what I create. Sometimes the music precedes and directly inspires the idea. Other times it magically fits into something already created, making the mood feel even more complete. With OFF SEASON, our script was pretty much done before I jumped into the storyboarding and writing of shot lists, and having the right soundtrack to mirror the mood of the film helped immensely.

Here below is one such piece of music, by the band The Occasion. "So Far", the opening track of their album "Cannery Hours" was actually used as a placeholder piece of music in the opening titles of OFF SEASON. The track (and album, really) invokes feelings of emptiness, loneliness, of something organic and rhythmic -- much like the tides of the ocean. It's a dreamy track that holds a lot of emotion, and paired with the images of the film I had wanted to create, reinforced the solitude Sylvie Stone was feeling in that moment she first arrived at the beach house.

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