LA MUSIQUE
LA MUSIQUE EN BRUIT DE FOND MUSIC IS USED VERY MUCH AS A BACKGROUND TO THE EVENTS IN FILM. ONLY A FEW INSTANCES WHERE IT COMES TO THE FORE MUSIC IS NOT USED FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT I.E. TO ENHANCE AN ATMOSPHERE POPULAR EXAMPLES OF MUSIC USED FOR THIS EFFECT – “JAWS”, “PLATOON” MUSIC WHEN USED MORE SPARSELY CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE : “ALIEN” MUSIC ALSO CONVEYS THE MULTICULTURALISM & ETHNICITY OF THE CITÉ. THE AMERICAN INFLUENCE ON FRENCH RAP / KASSOVITZ / YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE CITÉ
“BURNIN & LOOTIN” BOB MARLEY (USED IN CREDITS) BELLICOSE LYRICS YET POETIC COMPARE TO “LONDON’S BURNING” THE CLASH & “GHOST TOWN” THE SPECIALS
JEWISH DANCE VERY TONGUE IN CHEEK
“THAT LOVING FEELING” ISAAC HAYES (HUBERT GETTING STONED IN HIS BEDROOM) MOMENT OF CALM, TIME PASSING SLOWLY BY
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“OUTSTANDING” THE GAP BAND AMERICAN INFLUENCE OF BREAKDANCING MOMENT OF HARMONY - THE RHYTHM OF THE DANCERS, THE RHYTHM OF THE SONG MOMENT OF HARMONY BROKEN BY NEWS OF VIOLENCE IN THE CITÉ THESE MOMENTS BROKEN UP BY VIOLENT SOUNDS – A GUNSHOT ETC