What element ties all the photographs together?
Music!
Without music, each scene shown would be lacking something. Some of the scenes would not even exist.
These themes allow you to remember the moments when you first heard them in a movie, a television show, or a concert.
At times, music can even suggest visual images to you, connecting you further with the first time you experienced the music.
Think, for example, about some of your favorite movies. Can you imagine watching them without hearing the music of the soundtrack?
Hearing those themes probably causes you to remember how much you enjoyed the movies.
At times, music can even suggest visual images to you, connecting you further with the first time you experienced the music.
Think, for example, about some of your favorite movies. Can you imagine watching them without hearing the music of the soundtrack?
Hearing those themes probably causes you to remember how much you enjoyed the movies.
Without the soundtrack, it would be very difficult to portray the emotional ups and downs of a film, scare the audience in a horror scene, and help the audience relate much better to the emotions being portrayed on screen.
On the other hand, the rousing soundtrack can not only make a scene more interesting, but it also connects the audience to the characters and their situations.
History of Music in Film
There was once a time when movies didn’t include any audio, only music! Before talkies, or movies where audiences heard the characters’ spoken words, there were silent films. The audience followed the action on screen as it was accompanied by music and periodic subtitles that described the action.
Charlie Chaplin was one silent film actor whose name and work you may find familiar. In 1927, The Jazz Singer transformed the silent film industry by becoming the first movie to match actors’ moving lips to their voices. In 1935, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began awarding Oscars for music in film, and with good reason!
Types of Music in Film
According to the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), there are three types of music found in films:
- Songs that already exist
2. Songs were written specifically for a certain film
3.Underscores
Existing songs can effectively set a film during a certain time period by using recognizable songs from a specific era.
Catchy, original songs can become as popular as the movie itself.
An underscore is music that plays in the background during a scene. You may not even notice it’s there, but next time you turn on your television, try to imagine a scene without the underscore and you’ll realize how important it is!
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