1 Stephanie Meyer Kimberly Caron Peter Fini Music and Film

■ how film promotes, creates, distributes, etc. soundtracks ■ how music influences or causes the creation of film

■ how music adds and influences the ability of film to finesse our emotions - allowing film to compete more directly with TV ■ how music recognition and consistency allows movies to compete with TV

Musical influences Kimberly Caron

Music can cause an emotional response from the audience that is watching the film. Music can help portray an actor or actresses emotion at that point in the film. Kimberly Caron  om/watch?v=ZvCI- gNK_y4 om/watch?v=ZvCI- gNK_y4

A great composer makes a great movie score which then allows the movie to be more detailed and interesting. Film Score Film music Society (FMS) Composers

Movies Because of Music Peter Fini

Collaboration music Collaborative music written as movie is being made – Examples – Star wars Theme – James Bond Songs – Lord of the Rings Peter Fini

Movies Because of Music Movies created from music – Examples – Hurricane By Bob Dylan – Dazed And Confused by Led Zeppelin – Yellow Submarine by The Beatles Peter Fini

Silent Films Not actually silent Music, dialogue, audience, environment Sound and music vital Cassie

Talkies Cameras and microphones restricted movement Poor quality Also known as the Golden Age Cassie

Development of Music Over time, film makers became more involved in music selection process 1920’s – Musicals, Classical Scoring Technique 1930’s – Music connecting entire film – Academy Award for best score introduced – King Kong ’s – Jazz Music introduced, led to experiment of different types of music – Western films used similar orchestral techniques, added in guitar and Spanish trumpet Cassie

Development of Music continued… 1960’s – Science fiction and suspense films – New techniques, instrunments – Psycho (1960), Planet of the Apes (1968) ’s – Classical scores come back – Star Wars, Batman ’s – Synthesized sound introducesd Music Today – Various roles, now enters pop culture – Vital to people – New market for revenue Cassie

Film Sells Music Songs can remind you of movies Movies can also remind you of songs Because of this, the film industry helps sell music Mike Schmidt Some artists create music specifically for movies – Ex. Transformers – Linkin Park made 3 versions of the song: Original A capella (singing without music) Instrumental

Composers write music for movies The movie is a hit, sell the CD! Example is Danny Elfman – Sold many albums from music he made for movies Mike Schmidt