Creating the soundtrack to 'Barbara-Anne' was a diverse experience that allowed me to call on all of my experience as a jazz musician and explore areas of sound design that's continually inspired me.

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The intro tune 'I Think Our Love Is Through' is an original composition I wrote to both establish the 50's aesthetic (think Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley) and to allude to a "not-so-perfect" romance which plays out in the rest of the film. The recording features Danica Kotsopoulos on vocals and Andrew Moljgun on tenor saxophone.

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The rest of the soundtrack sees the traditional jazz ensemble almost literally tear apart at the seams, with various goose bumps inducing and less traditional sound effects created on a lot of the same acoustic instruments we previously heard. I wanted to maintain as much of the 50's aesthetic while completely throwing what had been heard into a tonal blender.

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Finally, 'Punching Bag' - the track heard in the man's headphones - was meant to be a tonal interjection to everything else. Here I threw all 50's references out the window and took an altogether different approach. I had been playing with a sample-based instrumental hip-hop band around this time and had loved getting into samples and beat making. I used this as an opportunity to make the kind of track I would never otherwise make and fully go down the beat making rabbit hole.