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Film Music

Film Music. What are we going to learn?. Learn about different film composers. Learn how to compose different types of music for different films. Learn about features of film music. We can find two types of sounds: FILMS SCORES & SOUNDTRACKS 1. Film scores:

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Film Music

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  1. Film Music

  2. What are we going to learn? • Learn about different film composers. • Learn how to compose different types of music for different films. • Learn about features of film music.

  3. We can find two types of sounds: FILMS SCORES & SOUNDTRACKS 1. Film scores: • All the music in a film, including songs, underscore and sound effects. • 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.

  4. A Film Score is different to a soundtrack 2. 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.

  5. Danny Elfman has written Film Scores for:

  6. Danny Elfman • He is American. • He composes for Tim Burton films

  7. Danny Elfman has received: • Grammy for Batman music. • Emmy for Desperate Housewives music. • 4 Academy Award nominations.

  8. Hans Zimmer

  9. Hans Zimmer • Born in Germany, moved to London as a teenager. • Used to write jingles for some adverts. • Was in a band called Buggles, playing the keyboard. • Famous for using traditional orchestra instruments with electronic sounds.

  10. Hans Zimmer • Composed over 100 film scores. • 7 Academy Awards. • 7 Grammy Awards. • 9 Golden Globe Awards.

  11. How do you compose to film music? • Once a draft of the film has been done, the composer is given a rough cut • Spotting: discussion with the director about each scene, genres, styles of music, and the atmosphere and emotion in each scene, and what the director wants • Once the composer has the whole film, he can then write the film score

  12. MIDI Mock Up: Film composers use computers to compose – they can mark the time of each important thing that happens in the scene and match it along with the film, to see if the music suits. • Once the music is complete, an orchestra is hired to perform and record the music in a studio, normally with the composer conducting. • There is a big screen with the scene on behind the orchestra, so the composer can time the music perfectly.

  13. Different types of music in film scenes… • Diegetic music: when you are watching a scene where a piano is being played, the characters can hear it, and you can hear it. • Non-diegetic music: when there is music in the scene that the characters can’t hear, and you can’t see it being played.

  14. HOMEWORK

  15. Can you guess what films these are from? • Tracks: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

  16. Can you guess what films these are from? • Tracks: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

  17. PROJECT WORK • Research either Hans Zimmer or Danny Elfman and design a poster to show information about him, music he has done, and your opinion of the films he has composed to, and the music.

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