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Music for stage and screen (Star Wars: Episode IV - main title (Film music…
Music for stage and screen
Star Wars: Episode IV - main title
Film music
Composers use lots of repetition in film music
Some films use pop songs to get publicity
Traditional instruments give you a feel for time and place
The music in most war films creates the atmosphere
Unnatural sounds make strange places seem even stranger
The style of music changes with the mood of the scene
The music shows what's not on screen
Music has to be structured and timed to fit the film
Diegetic music is the music characters can hear
You are lulled into a false sense of security
Composers can keep you on the edge of your seat
Thrillers have lots of tension and action
Look out for Leitmotifs in most film music
Set work
John Williams has written lots of film music
The film was released in 1977
Williams uses Leitmotifs
Main title/rebel blockade runner starts with a fanfare
The main theme is a march
There's a slower, quieter bit then a final climax
Defying gravity
Musicals
Musicals have songs, dialogue and dances
Musical styles are always changing
Some musicals are made up of pop songs
Some pop songs start life in musicals
Most musical songs are easy on the ear
There are 4 basic types of musical song
Solo character song
Duet
Action song
Chorus number
Set work
The musical was written by Stephen Schwartz
Schwartz uses leitmotifs to link the songs together
The song is influenced by 'somewhere over the rainbow'
The music helps convey the meaning of the lyrics
The music is very dramatic