For my “re-sound” of Harakiri I figured that wind would play a very important part of the mix, in the original the wind which screeches in the ears of the two characters helps to establish the setting it is the main focus in the mix and sits on the same level as the sword clashes. For this reason I wanted to get it right, I felt that I needed to have some degree of control. While I could go out and record wind somewhere in london I felt that the technique of using a white noise generator would help me a great deal. The generator in question that I used is called noise. I got it a while back and knew that, if tailored correctly, it could be incredibly useful for synthesising wind at some point. After a bit of tweaking I eventually got it to a point where it felt like it fit with the amount the grass and the clothes of the characters were being buffeted by the wind. There is a certain quality to it that I feel matches the aesthetic of this slightly older film, it doesn’t sound extremely synthetic and has a slight fuzziness which I really like.
I think I will do a different, slightly more aggressive version which would come in at the most tense part of the fight, to really help with the tension.