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    The document discusses film scores and how they are used to enhance movies. It provides examples of effective film scores from famous movies like Psycho and Jaws. A film score is the original music composed for a movie, while a soundtrack can include both original music and pre-existing songs. Film scores use techniques like dissonance, semitones, and diminished/augmented chords to create tension and match the emotion of scenes. Famous composer John Williams created the iconic minimalist score for Jaws that builds suspense. The document also discusses the work of composer Danny Elfman and compares his scores for The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives.

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    The document discusses film scores and how they are used to enhance movies. It provides examples of effective film scores from famous movies like Psycho and Jaws. A film score is the original music composed for a movie, while a soundtrack can include both original music and pre-existing songs. Film scores use techniques like dissonance, semitones, and diminished/augmented chords to create tension and match the emotion of scenes. Famous composer John Williams created the iconic minimalist score for Jaws that builds suspense. The document also discusses the work of composer Danny Elfman and compares his scores for The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives.

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    The document discusses film scores and how they are used to enhance movies. It provides examples of effective film scores from famous movies like Psycho and Jaws. A film score is the original music composed for a movie, while a soundtrack can include both original music and pre-existing songs. Film scores use techniques like dissonance, semitones, and diminished/augmented chords to create tension and match the emotion of scenes. Famous composer John Williams created the iconic minimalist score for Jaws that builds suspense. The document also discusses the work of composer Danny Elfman and compares his scores for The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives.

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    Film Music

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbgfOdMQD9g - What actually happens


    What is a Film Score?
    A ‘film score’ is the original music that
    is heard in a movie. A score is part of the
    ‘soundtrack’, the rest of the soundtrack
    is made from non-original music found in the
    film – like songs by the pop stars you know.
    The purpose of a film score is to enhance
    what is happening in a movie. To make the scary
    bits scarier, the action more exciting and
    the sad bits sadder.
    Psycho was a movie
    made in 1960 by
    Alfred Hitchcock – a
    British film maker who
    mostly made thriller
    and horror movies. His
    movie, Psycho,
    became one of the
    scariest movies of all
    time and was
    especially memorable
    for it’s score – by
    Bernard Herrmann

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me-VhC9ieh0
    The score for Psycho was very unique –
    featuring lots of dissonance.
    One of the most memorable scenes was that of
    a murder. The sound of two violins was made to
    sound like the slashing of a blade.
    The effectiveness of the Psycho soundtrack are
    in the use of semitones. Semitone is the name
    for the smallest distance between two notes –
    i.e. two notes that are next to each other.
    Jaws was a movie
    made in 1975 by
    Stephen Spielberg
    about a Great
    White Shark that
    terrorises part of
    the American
    coastline, killing
    many swimmers
    and surfers.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QTSyLwd4w
    The score from the film Jaws was one of the most
    famous and effective uses of minimalist
    Composing and also used the tension found in
    semitones. Have a listen to the score now and
    see if you can hear how it is being played. It was
    composed by famous composer John Williams.
    Some good ways of creating tension in a movie
    score are using diminished and augmented
    chords. These chords are very dissonant and
    create a feeling of suspense.
    Danny Elfman
    Danny Elfman
     Has written film scores
    Allthe music in a film, including songs and
    underscore
    Underscore: the music in a film that you don’t
    always notice – it builds atmosphere and timbre
    Sound effects: Are sometimes part of the music,
    to make it sound more dramatic
    A Film Score is different to a soundtrack

     Soundtrack:
    May have songs in that aren’t just written for the
    film
    They might have been released before by other
    artists
    Quentin Tarantino uses soundtracks, not film
    scores e.g. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs
    Moulin Rouge uses a soundtrack
    Danny Elfman
     American
     Composes for Tim Burton films
    Danny Elfman
     Grammy for Batman music
     Emmy for Desperate Housewives music
     4 Academy Award nominations
     Alice in Wonderland - 2010
     Video Games Fable and Fable II
     2008 Lego Batman game
    Listen and Compare
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECHdeVdHWWA
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxVoZ3nW4fQ
    How is the music similar?
     Simpsons and Desperate Housewives
    Both have very full textures (lots happening at the
    same time)
    Both quite fast
    Fit in well with what is happening on screen
    Both sound very heavenly and dreamlike
    Lots of percussion in both (xylophone, glockenspiel,
    snare drum, cymbals, triangle, etc.)
    How is it different to Men in Black?

     MiB has no melody line


     MiB fits on-screen well, but is less
    interesting without the visual image
     Less happening all at the same time, thinner
    textures
     The atmosphere is different, changing the
    timbre… how?
    Looking for answers
    • https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thematic-
    development-in-music-for-film-6184925

    • Note different ways to convey different emotions


    and what is on the screen - being very musically
    precise!

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