Fiction Adaptation Unit- Contacting music composers and cover artists.

For my fiction adaptation film, I have recently begun the process of contacting music composers online and seeing if there is anybody that would be willing to create music for my film. I have also been checking out some open source music which I would be able to use free of charge.
One piece of music I have recently been addicted to listening to is "An Ending" by Brian Eno:


Now, Brian Eno is a very famous music composer, and this particular piece of music has appeared in mainstream media many times, including the film "28 days later" and an advert promoting donations to a charity specializing in providing aid to starving children in Africa. Obviously this means the music is not free to use, and as such, I wouldn't risk using it in my film in case I would received copyright strikes from youtube, or possibly even some kind of court action.

As such, I decided to contact a cover artist on Youtube who created this instrumental cover of the song:


I contacted this person through the youtube comments system, and to be honest I didn't expect a reply. However, I got one. Below is the comment string that we sent to each other:

Comments on youtube.

Now, of course I will have to thoroughly research the laws of using a cover version of an instrumentals to avoid any potential copyright strikes or action from Brian Enos production company, but this could be done easily online. As long as I also make sure to credit everyone who was involved in the creation of the cover (Brian Eno for the composition and Mitch Wiseman for the actual recording) I should be able to claim that I used the track under fair use.

So, why did I choose this music in particular?
Well, as I previously mentioned, the music have been used in 28 days later, a movie about zombies and death, and an advert providing foreign aid. This seems quite strange, as the music itself is very somber and calm, and zombie movies and 3rd world countries are generally seen as being anything but calm.
But this is the whole point that this music was chosen for. The dark imagery of decaying buildings being bombed, dead bodies littering the streets, and people being mown down in gunfire is something that contrasts greatly with this music. I hope to use this imagery in conjunction with this music to make the viewer feel extremely uncomfortable and generate a sense of confusing and anxiousness.

All in all, I really hope copyright laws allow me to use this music for my film, but if not, this STYLE of music is something I would like to play in my film.