MLIT 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Henry Purcell, Diegesis, The Beach Boys
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Exclude a pop music score from what i am about to say. However good our best lm composers may be, they are not a beethoven, a mozart or a brahms. When you"re editing a lm, it"s very helpful to be able to try out di erent pieces of music to see how they work with the scene. This is not at all an uncommon practice. Well, with a little more care and thought, these temporary music tracks can become the nal score. use of pre-existing music. Henry purcell music for the funeral of queen mary history of lm music pre-1927: the silent lm era (live musicians) wide use of organ. 1920s - 1950s symphonic scores golden age of movie musicals. 1950s - 1970s more popular music integrated in lms. Metropolis - 1927 by fritz lang an early masterpiece of cinema.