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Music Analysis Term 3 Natasha Phipps Final Music can be extraordinarily influential in films, as it has the ability to evoke emotion not displayed by on-screen action. Music used in films can play many roles; it can depict time and place, mood, atmosphere, character, and can be used to underscore the onscreen drama and titles. Alan Silvestri and John Williams successfully manipulate the use of music in film to establish characters (along with their personality, actions and changing emotions), as

The five themes of popular music are Listening, Music and Identity, Music and Technology, The Music Business, and Centers and Peripheries. Because people often do not think carefully about the music they hear, it’s important to critical listen to the music. Critical listening is listening that consciously seeks out meaning in music by drawing on knowledge of how music is put together, its cultural significance, and its historical development. Music and Identity helps people value music that go beyond

psychology, it has been proven that music can affect the brain and human moods. During many moments of stress during the play, “A Streetcar Named Desire”, different songs intertwined with stage directions have portrayed that influence the tone and mood of the scene and characters within the scenes. There are multiple types of music used during this drama, including the Blue Piano, Varsouviana Polka, Paper Doll, and It’s Only a Paper Moon. Tennessee Williams’ use of the music motif in the stage directions

Program music is music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events. From the music, a story was developed to be in Fantasia 3. The characters in the story are hundreds of trolls along with one tiny fox. It is set in a deep dark, enchanted forest during night time. The key is B♭minor which the minor sound creates a scary and dark mood. This key had been associated with words such as obscure and gloomy and has also been associated with the image or mood of night time.. Right

Many songs are tied to racial themes or subtexts. The connection between music and racial themes has been evident for hundreds of years, and is still seen today. Artists express racial themes in many different types of songs: anti-war songs, national anthems, lynching songs, and “soul” songs. “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “The Star Spangled Banner” played on guitar by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, the music video for “Cranes in the Sky” by Solange and “Weary” by Solange

The Use of Sound and Music in Tennessee Williams "A Streetcar Named Desire" Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was born in Mississippi but moved to New Orleans at the age of 28, there he found the inspiration for his play A Streetcar Named Desire. The play is set in New Orleans and cooperates the vibe of the setting particularly through music. Williams uses vivid music in this play which heightens its themes such as madness and social differences. The most distinct sound throughout the play is a musical

Theme and Symbolism in American Music Music defines our culture. As Americans, we listen to music while we drive our cars, are at work, doing housework, studying, etc. We have songs for special occasions: Christmas, Hanukah, birthdays, weddings, parties, etc. We have taken songs from the various cultures that make us diverse: Arabic, German, Mexican, Native American, etc. We have many genres: country, hip-hop, rap, pop, blues, jazz, rock, heavy metal, etc. And although we may think of music

Film and Culture 27 September 2010 Cinema Paradiso: Feeling the Love Through Music and Sound Cinema Paradiso was made in 1988, and was written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1989. Cinema Paradiso follows the life of Salvatore Di Vita from the time he was a boy to his successful career as a film director. Love truly is what the movie is about. Whether it is to have a love of film, love of someone else, or having a love for what you do, it is

The Sounds of Seclusion Music often supplements movies. Even before the age of “talking pictures,” live musicians would accompany films to mask unflattering projector noise. Today, filmmakers typically use music throughout their movies to intensify the action and/or atmosphere. However, throughout the majority of Cast Away, director Robert Zemeckis gives the whispers of nature precedence over a film score; though unconventional, his use of sound efficiently enhances the film. In Cast Away, a time-obsessed

faces multiple troublesome situations. Even through Bruno’s struggles, the film supports a major theme of friendship. In this movie, Bruno and Shmuel strike an unlikely friendship that would ultimately be life changing. The movie makes it clear that friendship can break all boundaries. The Boy in Striped Pajamas effectively uses the elements of sound, costuming, lighting, and dialogue to support the theme of friendship. The element of sound is used throughout the entirety of the film to support the