This is the second part of
movies vs music because it’s such a big topic to talk about and I would like to
dig deeper of music and how it’s a big aspect of movies.
Sometimes the movie’s choice
of music isn't to create emotion through the audience but to make the movie something to be remembered by the viewers. If someone were to hear the iconic
dum dum dum to build suspense, they would remember that score is from the
popular movie Jaws. That score won an Academy award and became a classic piece
of suspense music. John Williams, who composed the film’s score, made such an
iconic piece of music that became a hit for other thriller movies. Even though
it was just a few notes, it was a genius way of writing for the audience to
really remember the movie even if they were watching a different movie with
that music playing in the background. Another example would be the song Time
Warp, a score from the iconic musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Even if
someone hasn't seen this movie, they could look up the popular song Time Warp
and it would show that it’s from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Time Warp was
made popular by this musical and made it one of the most memorable movies of
all time. Lastly, the new popular song Let It Go from the Academy award winning
movie Frozen became memorable as soon as the movie hit the top charts. Most of
the population would recognize this score and know that it’s from Frozen as
soon as they heard the beginning notes.
Iconic scores have made many
movies popular because of their meaningful notes and catchy tones. Without
their genius scores, movies wouldn't be so memorable.
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