MUSIC 2F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Alien: Resurrection, Diegesis, Marvin Hamlisch

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSIC 2F03
• Professor: Simon Wood

Document Summary

Heard both by the characters within the narrative and the film. Also known as source music :direct music , or foreground music . Functions include: establishing time and place, creating a sense of realism and immediacy , offering ironic comment. Reffered to as the score underscore , or background music . Normally originally composed for the specific film (original score. May also included pre-existing music adapted for the film. May also include pre-existing music used without adaption, Also used in the elephant man (1980) and sicko (2007) Example: the sting (1973) music of scott joplin, adapted by marvin.