{"id":64411,"date":"2015-10-02T13:17:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=64411"},"modified":"2015-10-02T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:29:00","slug":"the-undeniable-emotional-impact-of-music-in-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/the-undeniable-emotional-impact-of-music-in-film\/","title":{"rendered":"The Undeniable Emotional Impact of Music in Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

While filmmaking and videography are primarily visual art forms, the importance of a gripping score can’t be overstated. Let’s look at how music heightens the impact\u00a0of moving pictures.<\/h2>\n

With every frame, filmmakers and videographers are trying to convey a specific emotion. The lighting, the location, the energy of an actor’s delivery… these choices are carefully thought out and executed to put the viewer in a certain mindset that’s open to the creator’s intent. Of all the artistic tools at a filmmaker’s disposal, it can be argued that music is among the most vital \u2014 and certainly one of the most powerful.<\/p>\n

Whether it be a handpicked soundtrack of popular songs<\/a> that happens to fit the vibe of the movie or a custom score<\/a> that strives to help create<\/em> the film’s vibe, music fleshes out the emotional landscape of a production. It helps place the viewer within the temporary\u00a0reality on the screen.<\/p>\n

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\nJohn Williams <\/a>scoring Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/a>\u00a0via IMDb<\/em><\/p>\n

In the following video from Now You See It<\/a>, video essayist Jack Nugent<\/a>\u00a0looks at the psychology of music in film, <\/strong>exploring how the human brain responds to different approaches to audio stimulation. Some of the most interesting and valuable points he touches on come from a 1940 Aaron Copland<\/a>\u00a0essay called Film Music<\/a><\/em>, in which the renowned composer covers “five ways in which music serves the screen.” The five ways are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Creating a more convincing atmosphere of time and place.<\/li>\n
  2. Underlining psychological refinements<\/li>\n
  3. Serving as a kind of neutral background filler.<\/li>\n
  4. Building a sense of continuity.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Underpinning the theatrical build-up of a scene, and rounding it off with a sense of finality.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Keep these points in mind as Nugent explores the power of music in everything from the silent films of Chaplin<\/a>\u00a0to the recent blockbuster Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation<\/a>.<\/p>\n