The Importance of Music In Film
Introduction
Paragraph 1 – music in silent films
What are silent films?
Music played live in cinema – no sound synchronisation yet (creates an additional experience for viewers)
types of music in films – “marching music or national themes were used to illustrate the news of the day, popular songs were used to illustrate comedies, and very often descriptive classical music was used to accompany romances or pictures of landscapes”
https://www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/news/music-in-the-silent-cinema-by-carolin-beinroth/
Paragraph 2 – music in film + composers
What can music tell us? How can it make as viewers feel? What effect can music have on the scene?
Composers and their work
Hans Zimmer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9kQWipVk64
John Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbUeK1PP7-s
How famous the composers are for their work, and how recognisable their work is. So many people know the home alone theme music when they hear it, and they can connect it with the film. This is down to the composer, and the popularity of the film, but it shows just how important music is within films.
https://www.audionetwork.com/content/the-edit/expertise/why-is-music-important-to-film
paragraph 3 –
conclusion
sources
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/phonograph-changed-music-forever-180957677/
https://www.purposestudios.in/post/importance-of-music-in-films
https://www.radioart.com/blog/the-powerful-role-of-music-in-cinema
https://www.npr.org/2007/02/10/7268315/hitchcocks-music-scores-big-on-suspense