Harmony Korine

almost impossible to escape. In independent cinemas, the representation of people in small towns is more realistic because they lack a plot, use non actors and actual towns, and use objective shots. Films such as Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep and Harmony Korine’s Gummo are prime examples of these three aspects through their codes. Both Killer of Sheep and Gummo show what it really means to live in a small, dead end town with no real escape or purpose. Burnett’s 1978 film Killer of Sheep focuses on

In his sophomore film, Julien Donkey-Boy (1999), director Harmony Korine tunes in to the psychotic perspective of Julien (Ewan Bremner) – a suburban schizophrenic with raisin-black eyes and detachable dentistry – and his almost equally grotesque family, in a disorderly smear of violence, incest, and finally, tragedy. The film 's fragmented narrative structure, with its grainy and hand-held visual style, shudders on to the screen in a fusillade of discursive vignettes, that reflect, not only the digital

Being hallucinogenically and frivolously satirical by dedicating every single second to its hallucination and frivolity, Spring Breakers, directed by Harmony Korine, embarks on the coming-of-age adventure of four stereotypical college girls on the beach of Florida for their spring break, followed by them getting mixed up through a tangle of convoluted experiences in this stomping ground, full of dubstep, booze, sex, and violence. Possibly the one of the most style-over-substance movie in recent

Hey Jude - Song analysis “Hey Jude” is a song by the English rock band The Beatles and was written by Paul McCartney. It was first released in August 1968 under The Beatles label ‘Apple Records’. Hey Jude runs for 7mins and 11secs and at the time of release was the longest single to top the British charts. The song is said to have evolved from “hey Jules”, a song that had been written as a ballad to comfort Lennon’s son Julian during his parents’ divorce. McCartney said, "I started with the

Dark Souls OST There was somewhat of a surprise for VGM listeners upon the release of the first trailer for Dark Souls, FromSoftware’s spiritual successor to Demon’s souls. Even before any initial announcement was made, it was easy to recognize the work of veteran freelance composer Motoi Sakuraba, his trademark compositional style being so integral. Known primarily for his virtuosic progressive rock compositions, Dark Souls was to be his first fully orchestral work since the Baroque influenced

keyboardist. Their instrumentation in the play seemed mediocre initially, but after listening to how they were able to cooperate with one another, to create harmonies sounding so consonant was incredibly interesting, especially with vocalists thrown in. The voices mixing with the instruments and vice-versa made it sound almost “angelical”. The harmonies created were also very “southern-gospel” sounding in certain points in the musical. The vocalists varied from scene to scene but in total, there seemed

Symbolism in “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin In James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues,” the reader meets Sonny, a recovering addict, and his older brother, a high school teacher. Although these two brothers have completely different lives and personalities, the author’s use of symbolism brings them more tightly together like a real family. Baldwin uses symbols such as ice, lightness and darkness, and jazz music to add more depth and meaning to “Sonny’s Blues.” People usually think of ice or the cold

complicated harmonies and rhythmic motives. These two components are interwoven to build elaborate themes which lead to a melodic design that Chopin is known for. The piece has multiple key elements that combine to form this expressive work for piano, such as thematic growth. Various themes are introduced in the work and as Chopin develops them, they are barely recognizable. Other important elements in the creation of the nocturne are register and pitch. Register provides support for the harmonies which

Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins in this case. They played an improvised solo over the harmony which in both songs, moved in a vertical stepwise motion. For example; in Coleman Hawkins “Body and Soul” he does a lot of vertical type improvising. He jumps up and down the chords all the time, expanding on the melody or riff and plays arpeggios

The way chords, melodies, and the orchestration is arranged in a song has a powerful impact on the spiritual impact of instrumental music. Each facet of music is a part of creating not only an emotion, but also a spiritual implication. Although music can be interpreted differently depending on which part of the world you live in, every song is created with intent and it is important to look at how those intentions affect people. Chords play a very prominent role in how we portray the emotion of a