Sing a Song of The Abnormals

 Monday was a really fun day, because we wrote a song for the movie! Since the beginning I've had the idea of The Abnormals having a theme song, like any good superhero team should, and yesterday I hosted a zoom meeting with two of my friends who know a lot more about music then me so we could write it. I actually have written lyrics before. I do a summer program where we write original musicals, so I actually have a lot of experience with this. My two friends Jaden and Seth, who wrote the song with me, also do this program, and they both know guitar.

We started by discussing what the structure of the song should be like; we could go the route of a song telling the story of the film, a song that mentions the characters but doesn't tell a specific story, or a song that has nothing to do with the characters or story that just fits the vibe of the movie. We went with the second option. The idea was that it would feel like the theme song to superhero cartoon like Teen Titans or the 60s Spider-man show. 

Jaden and Seth did all the guitar stuff while Jaden and I did all the lyrics. We decided to structure it in a very simple structure of verse>pre-chorus>chorus>verse>pre-chorus>chorus>bridge>pre-chorus>chorus. For the overall song I was very inspired by the band The B-52's and their very bouncy 60s surf rock meets 80s new wave. Their song "Planet Claire" was one that I was thinking of a lot while writing. In general the aesthetic of the B-52's is something that was in my mind during the entirety of production. I just love how sincerely fun and goofy it is. 

We finished writing the lyrics during our zoom call and by the point Jaden and Seth had to log off. I then recorded the vocals on my phone to send to them to use as reference when they record and mix the real thing. At the moment Jaden will be doing the vocals. He really wanted to do it and he's a good vocalist so I think he'll do a good job. He also plays the character Toy Master in the movie, and there's something I like about having the villain be the one who sings the hero's song, especially given how theatrical the character. It's like the character made the song as a snide "are you happy now?" to The Abnormals. 

While all of this is happening, my friend Jake, who plays the character Agent Siegel, said he would be able to compose the score to the film. I had asked him before and he said he wouldn't have to the time to, but I guess things changed because he's the one asking me if he can do it. I sent him a rough edit of what I have for him to put music to. He's super talented on the piano so I'm hyped for what he sends back.