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Film M
usicals Realist
----A Staris
Born Inside Llew
yn D
avis ----O nce C oco
Form alist
---Frozen ----D
ancerin the
D ark
----An Am
erican in
Paris ----Across
the U
niverse Les
M iserables
M ix
----D ream
girls, Chicago M
oulin Rouge
----Singin’ in the
Rain ----Rock
of Ages ----The
Sound of M
usic
M usic and Film
M usicalBiographies
M usicalD
ocum entaries ConcertM
ovies
Film O
peras
Anim ated
M usicals
Film s H
eavily Relianton
M usic
G rizzly
M an
(2005)
W erner H
erzog— D
irector H
enry Kaiser—
M usic
producer Richard
Thom pson—
Com poser
“In the
Edges: The G rizzly
M an
Session” A
behind the
scenes look
at producing m
usic for the
feature docum
entary about Tim
othy Treadw
ell’s life
and death
am ong
grizzly bears
This scene
show s
an im
prom ptu
celli duo set to
a grizzly
bearfight recorded
by Treadw
ell.
M ovie
M usic
2011: O scar--N
om inated
Scores h
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w .npr.org/2011/02/27/134061536/m
ovie--m usic--2011--oscar--nom
inated--scores
Perhaps you m
ay recall these
scores if you’ve seen
the m
ovies.
H ow
to Train
Your D ragon
Inception The K
ing’s Speech 127 H
ours Social N
etw ork
Pop Q uiz 7
1. Provide a brief description of tw
o of these five film
soundtracks
2. H ow
does the m
usic “fit” or com
plem ent
the im
ages from the
m ovies?
H ow
to Train
YourD ragon
(John Pow
ell)
H ow
to Train
YourD ragon
(John Pow
ell)
H ow
to Train
YourD ragon
(John Pow
ell)
H ow
to Train
YourD ragon
(John Pow
ell)
Inception (H ans
Zim m er)
Inception (H ans
Zim m er)
Inception (H ans
Zim m er)
Inception (H ans
Zim m er)
Inception (H ans
Zim m er)
Inception (H ans
Zim m er)
The King’s
Speech (Alexandre
D esplat)
The King’s
Speech (Alexandre
D esplat)
The King’s
Speech (Alexandre
D esplat)
The King’s
Speech (Alexandre
D esplat)
127 H ours
(A.R. Rahm an)
127 H ours
(A.R. Rahm an)
127 H ours
(A.R. Rahm an)
127 H ours
(A.R. Rahm an)
The Social N
etw ork
(Trent Reznor and A tticus Ross)
The Social N
etw ork
(Trent Reznor and A tticus Ross)
The Social N
etw ork
(Trent Reznor and A tticu
s Ross)
The Social N
etw ork
(Trent Reznor and A tticus Ross)
Experim ental M
usic M
ost m usic
that w e
hearin film
s is
readily identifiable
as just that –
m usic.
H ow
ever, a num
ber ofcom posers
create experim
entalm usicalscores
A .
U se
ofnon-traditionalinstrum ents
(garbage cans, conk
shells, broken glass, m
odified pianos)
John Cage
B. U
nusualcom binations
ofinstrum ents
and genres
(sitarw ith
electric guitar, Arabic
vocaltrills w
ith hip
hop beat)
D ead
M an
W alking
N usrat Fateh
Ali Khan w
ith Eddie
Vedder: Tablas and
Slide G
uitar, m ixing
of South
Asian and
N orth
Am erican
instrum ents
and m
usicians
C. Com
posing m
usic in
a m
anner that breaks from
the standard
conventions ofm
usicalarrangem ent
(Reznor and Ross)
Experim ental M
usic (John
Cage) http://w
w w .youtube.com
/w atch?v=m
yXAU EuECqQ
Experim ental M
usic (Khan
and Vedder)
https://w w
w .youtube.com
/w atch?v=exanYRN
dzP4
Inside M an
( L e
e , d
ir ;
R a
h m
a n
, c o
m p
)
S p
ik e
L e
e c h
o s e
a n
e x is
t in
g s o
n g
t o
a c c o
m p
a n
y t h
e
o p
e n
in g
t o
h is
“ a
lm o
s t
a b
a n
k r o
b b
e r y
fi lm
”
Q uestion
W it
h t h
e s o
n g
a n
d ly
r ic
s r e
c o
g n
iz a
b ly
S o
u t h
A s ia
n , b
u t
h is
s e
t t i n
g r e
c o
g n
iz a
b ly
N Y C
,
h o
w d
o e
s t h
e s o
n g
“ fi
t ” h
is m
o v ie
?
h t
t p
s : / / w
w w
.y o
u t u
b e
. c o
m / w
a t c h
? v =
R W
R F
W W
o 3
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Extra-Credit Q uiz (3 points) D
ue D ec.3
rd
Baby D river, Edgar W
right (dir.) 2017
Tim ecode: 00:58:52 –
01:27:40 W
rite a one-page paper addressing the follow ing:
1--the role(s) m usic plays in helping to tell
the narrative (be specific)
2--how m
usic adds to the dram a and action (be descriptive)
3--instances w here m
usic is used in a diegetic or a non-diegetic w
ay (be precise)
A m adeus
(Forem an, 1984)
Pay attention
to how
the picture
and sound
editing are constructed
forthese scenes.
M usic (obviously, considering
the subjectm
atter)plays an
im portantdram
atic role
in this
story.
1) W
hatis the
function and
effectofthe m
usic?
2) Is this a RealistorForm
alistuse ofm
usic?
3) W
hen is
the m
usic diegetic
and w hen is it non-diegetic?