MUS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: House Un-American Activities Committee, Temp Track, Major Scale
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Essential to cinematic experience: intensifying emotion, provide structure, assist narrative, engage viewer. Defined soundtrack style for blockbuster films: 5 academy awards, 5 grammys, 3 golden globes, 2 emmys. John williams" scores bypass the brain and go straight to the heart. steven spielberg. Breaking down the scene: diagetic sounds (environment, non-diagetic sounds (music, inaudible to characters, feel the rhythm of the scene through its music. Music is for dramatic underscoring of a film. Composer"s job: to enhance the story: spotting: deciding where there should be music, cue: the musical insertion. Director may request a temp track (pre-existing music as a placeholder) Use of leitmotiv: a short, constantly recurring musical phrase associated with a particular person, place, or idea. Use of musical style (orchestral, jazz, rock, soul, electronic, etc. ) to define overall character themes, nature of the story: time and place, build relationship with audience.
