Jackson West’s Obsessive Compulsion

So I’m spending the weekend trying to accomplish as much as I can towards getting a rough cut of my student film Dominoes done. When editing, it’s always good to have at least a temporary music track to use as a timing reference. I’d also thought about adding music as background ambience — as though a radio were playing in the distance.

Of course, I’d never be able to clear rights to commercial music. So instead I dropped by ccMixter and used the search tools to browse for tracks tagged “hip-hop” that could be used freely with attribution. I turned up about ten choice tracks, of which I used five, and mixed them together using Traktor so that they segued seamlessly and maintained a steady tempo.

While you’ll probably barely be able to hear it in the film, I figured I’d post it here to let you in on my process as I’m working, as well as an example of the quality work that people publishing under a Creative Commons license so that it can be re-purposed by other artists.

Dominoes Mix [9.3mb MP3]

Featuring:

Slumlord by Lo Tag Blanco
Open Your Eyes (Long Island Remix) by CoffeeTrim
The Beat by CDK
Open Your Eyes (Elithrmix) by BOCrew
Martini Madness by DJ Blue