MUSIC246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Chumming, Harpoon, My Heart Will Go On
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Steady rhythm: like the steady acts of the shark. Just swims, eats, sleeps, and makes baby sharks. Shark is not really seen: camera is from the sharks perspective, music leads up and builds in intensity, speed, volume, until the bite, music drops off as the shark retreats. Scene 3 - prank: visually, it looks like other attacks in the film, carnival source music disguises the lack of score music (sort of) that indicates the sharks presence. Indicates multiple things occurring at once: music cuts out specifically to leave room for the sound of the harpoon shot. Starts with a basic orchestra and then adds what is necessary: use of themes - developed throughout the film, worked very closely with spielberg - worked on almost every spielberg film. James horner (1953-2015: american born, father worked in production, grew up in england where he attended the royal college of music.
