Hello Zepp
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Hello Zepp is the original name of a song that was composed by Charlie Clouser for the first installation in the Saw film series. The song's appearance in the first film was timed to bring a dramatic tone to the major plot twist in the end of the film, where the primary antagonist named Zep was revealed to actually be a victim of the real antagonist The Jigsaw Killer. As the series continued, the song was re-used in all the films, often being renamed and remixed to accommodate the changing situations and characters in each film. As of Saw IV, there are 10 mixes of "Hello Zepp".
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[edit] In the Saw series
The tune was used in Saw when the identity of the Jigsaw Killer was finally revealed to be John Kramer, the cancer patient, instead of Zep Hindle who had originally thought to be due to his own test. The tune played when Adam Faulkner began to play Zep's tape, which the first words of were "Hello, Mr. Hindle. Or as they called you around the hospital: Zep."
When Darren Lynn Bousman was signed on to direct Saw II, Leigh Whannell, the original screenwriter for Saw who played Adam Faulkner, rewrote Darren's original script, and included another major plot twist that Darren and James decided "Hello Zepp" should be applied to. The tune was also remixed under the new title of "Don't Forget the Rules". The tune actually appears twice in Saw II. The original version of the tune played when Xavier cornered Amanda Young and Daniel Matthews in the bathroom from the original movie, and began to cut the back of his neck off for part of the combination to the safe upstairs. The remix played when Amanda revealed to Detective Eric Matthews that she had become Jigsaw's apprentice.
In Saw III, it played four times. The first occurrence plays over a flashback sequence which sheds more light on the design of the bathroom trap from the first film. The tune was named "The Shithole Theme" after a line in the original film. The second time it is played is actually the first remix of the song, "Don't Forget the Rules", and is played as Amanda is wheeling Dr. Lynn into Jigsaw's room in the warehouse. The third occurrence is entitled "Your Test" and is a remix of the "Don't Forget The Rules" theme, playing as Jigsaw explains his test design to Amanda. The last occurrence is at the very end of the film, and plays over the tape that Jigsaw has prepared for Jeff Reinhart. This remix is entitled "Final Test".
The theme was used during the teaser trailer for Saw IV, released August 31, 2007. In an interview with Clouser, he stated that Saw IV would have the longest remix of "Hello Zepp" yet, entitled "Just Begun". This remix would be much longer than 5 minutes, as "Don't Forget the Rules" was 5 minutes in length. In fact, Clouser stated it would be about 9 minutes in length, to match the 9 minute twist reveal in the finale. The track that debuted on the Saw IV soundtrack was in fact 5 minutes long, and not an exact remix of "Hello Zepp." The actual remix is entitled "Let Go", and is 3:52, but Clouser may have combined "Let Go" and "Better Hope", the second to last track on the score, into one 11 minute piece.
[edit] The Mixes
In the film series, 10 versions of "Hello Zepp" have been heard.
- Saw: "Hello Zepp", "Zepp Overture"
- Saw II: "Don't Forget the Rules", "Cut Necks", "Hello, Eric"
- Saw III: "Shithole Theme", "Your Test", "The Final Test"
- Saw IV: "Just Begun" (Score Version) , "Let Go"
[edit] In other films
[edit] Hard Candy
Some TV spots for the film Hard Candy played the "Hello Zepp" theme.
[edit] Déjà Vu
The theme was also used in the Déjà Vu trailer which started playing in theatres around the time when Saw III came out.
[edit] Dead Silence
In Dead Silence, the second feature film written and directed by Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell, a refrain of the theme was mixed into a small section of the soundtrack (titled on the CD release as "Billy") for the movie by Charlie Clouser who returned to score the music.
[edit] Doomsday
The "Just Begun" theme was used in the Doomsday trailer which came out January 15, 2008.
[edit] Anamorph
In the very first trailer for the Anamorph film it used the trailer and looked very much like the source film
[edit] Death Sentence
The theme still is used in the film but only its tempo and melodic structure is used multiple times through out the final scenes.
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