How Film Scores Play with Our Brains

[@clydedonovan6767]

UP HAS THE BEST SONG BECAUSE IT STARTS OUT AS HAPPY AND PLAYFUL BUT THEN THE TEMPO SLOWS AND IT QUIETS DOWN TO SHOW THE EMOTION OF SADNESS HAPPENING IN THE FILM. I ADORED THAT SCORE

[@SiriusMined]

I really like when the filmmaker plays with our heads, and plays a score incongruous with the action on the screen.

[@merlinmediagroup]

Perfect example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIqpY6ecmalknKM (not quite score but the use of Bowie was genius).

[@rayanneflorence1830]

I think the reason I find the shower scene in phycho scarier without music is because that piece is over played in comical scenes in cartoons

[@lemac2020]

Bailey Mina can I just mention your profile picture and how amazing it is?

[@billystivers3231]

Rayanne Florence also without music it sounds more like rape

[@ihavenonoseandimustsneeze]

Late reply, but Hitchcock didn't even plan to have music in the movie, thinking it would mess the shower scene up. When he saw the scene later he was displeased, Bernard Herrmann added the music and Hitchcock said he then realized the movie would work out. Me personally, I don't really have a preference on it.

[@bleh1569]

Exactly

[@z-rex6068]

A lot of people overuse it in their own horror films etc. and it's just cringe

[@Averypanda]

NO NOT THE SCENE FROM UP NO PLEASE I NEED A WARNING BEFORE I EVER SEE ANYTHING RELATING TO THAT SCENE

[@yolisbortin9394]

Right?! Now my day is slightly ruined.

[@nate.e]

To this day that still makes me sad everytime I see it

[@LookupintheAER]

Yup. I had to pause the video and just sit in silence for a little bit after the clip.

[@simcHyt]

Which scene are you talking about?

[@realbr1koo]

Same here man.. But i think the real sad thing about Up is not the story itself, someone losing the most beloved person in his life, but the possible truth that the viewer never even gonna find that person who he could love all the way till the end.

[@catherineharpold9919]

I think that the music in The Shining plays a big role. Take out the music, and the film is definitely not as suspenseful or scary.

[@ohhifart1106]

Catherine Harpold noo way man

[@NowhereBeats]

This is why I want to compose music for films

[@hey-zel]

Jaw Ji same

[@CowabungaWo101]

Then there's The Birds... A film that is terrifying due to its complete lack of music.

[@Lalo-dh8xq]

Same as The Exorcist

[@mayorofbagtown9097]

I dunno man, that shower scene seemed pretty hardcore still without the music.

[@volcanosauce00]

IKR! If the scene wasn't edited in a way to accompany the music, it could be even scarier.

[@Sifuben]

I think the soundtrack adds drama but without there's a stark, grim brutality to it.

[@-YELDAH]

@Theo Cambel it was a bit comedy, i agree

[@Quasihamster]

Seemed a bit like something from 1950's Bestgore

[@NowYouSeeIt]

patreon.com/nowyouseeit check it out!

[@FleNikc]

3:35 Wow, this piano player was really ahead of his time!

[@pluggedscope3007]

ikr reminds me of lex theme on bvs.

[@ShortLive21]

You just had to throw that scene from up in there

[@AmazingGriffin]

I cringed so hard at the comical music with the jack sparrow scene

[@AmazingGriffin]

Vince Hutch It is.

[@RespectYourViews]

+AmazingGryphon Agreed. The scene works with both the triumphal music and the creepy, but the comical music implies a level of frenetic motion that just isn't there in the image. Now I imagine that music would work for other scenes in the movie where jack is swinging about and being fired upon, but not here, not when all he's doing is standing there.

[@ryanb2751]

People are waay too sensitive to cringe these days

[@MichaelMarwanAbboud]

it was hilarious

[@andreww9726]

+RespectYourViews Comical music can work (sometimes) with scenes like that though, it just clashes with what we would normally expect from the scene imo, once I saw someone add "Yakety Sax" over to the entire scene where Jack was trying to get the water out of the boat, it worked decently then

[@HarmonicaMustang]

As interesting as studying films is, I have lost the passive nature of watching films; after studying sound design, Foley, surround panning techniques and orchestral scoring, I can't simply sit down and enjoy a movie anymore. Last movie I saw at the cinema was Suicide Squad and I kept getting pulled out of the story and on-screen action by slight mistakes in levels and panning. I was watching it with a friend and when we discussed the film on our ways home, I realised that the things I noticed were too subtle for him to take note. An example from this video would be the feet hitting the floor at 10:00. Hearing this Foley I could visualise the shoe type, floor material and mic positioning when this Foley was recorded. As useful as it is, I got completely distracted from the tension of the scene.

[@chrisgit4433]

DJ Shuffle pro

[@hleghe810]

Chris Git folley?

[@brasschick4214]

DJ Shuffle - that's really sad. I studied music theory plus history and styles for a couple of years and at that time I was pulling music pieces apart and not enjoying them. It has diminished a great deal since I stopped. Unfortunately some are ruined forever... I feel for you.😕

[@SweetTea742]

Ohhh nooo!!! I can see myself becoming like this... Do you recommend any movies that have exceeded your expectations based on what you have learnt?

[@duchessedeberne3909]

Feel the same about art

[@IBeSpyin]

While I generally agree with the video, I don't particularly like the Pirates of the Caribbean example. It feels a little cheap because it really only works if you force yourself to "get" it. I don't think the music actually changed the feeling of the scene, it felt like you just changed the music and then there was this out of place music that you were supposed to be interpreting as a change of mood.

[@vegardberget7277]

Generally no wrong in a language en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_player

[@corneliushellriegel2461]

I think thats because the first one was realy cut onto the scene/francise while the others are from other media.

[@maxlevy557]

The comical was a blunder, but the creepy I could very well see if the track matched up with the camera

[@alphamega1811]

I think that's only because you're so familiar with the character of Jack Sparrow, that you can't really see him as anything more than he is which a goofy pirate

[@pennyshen]

The use of slow music for sad scenes, minor key for villain, etc. should be attributed to much older theater traditions such as opera. Your phrasing made it sound like you're attributing the modern use of these musical themes to silent film era, when these traditions go back much further

[@Fredreegz]

I watched Sicario recently and the music in that is phenomenal. The score accompanying them driving through a foreboding Juarez in Mexico felt as if someone had physically injected me with liquid fear, it's that manipulative and commanding. Didn't realise the capabilities of music in film until then.

[@miguelpereira9859]

Fredreegz "The Beast"

[@madam-mint]

I'm going to sound like a "typical" chick, but even though I've never seen the film, the fact that the musicians are still trying to calm people down with their music as the ship sinks just breaks my heart. I love how you treat music as important to the film, because I sort of have a thing for film scores-I even have a few on my iPod. And I think you really did the topic justice. Great job. :)

[@JG-gg7fb]

That isn't typical chick, that is normal human :). I think most people found that scene heartbreaking, don't be so hard on yourself.

[@madam-mint]

Jaspirita Mii Thank you for the sweet comment! There's just a lesson there about the function of music-it provides something to hold onto in the darkest of moments.

[@EnvyMachinery]

It's been a long time since I've seen that movie, but I think the band was playing because they knew they were going to die, and they preferred to go out making music together. That probably vindicates your emotional response even more. Also, I don't see anything inherently "typical" or girly or whatever in having that, especially since I'm quite sure that was the intention.

[@Jay-zs6ox]

Reading this made me really happy. I'm an aspiring composer, and boy am I glad there are people that think like you! Most of my friends/acquaintances who aren't musicians don't understand or don't remember at all when I mention the soundtrack, if we've seen a movie together. It's kind of saddening, because the composers literally pour so much into this music (atleast the ones who care about adding to the project/story, not just having notes playing behind, as the shadow of the film.)

[@ohifonlyx33]

They're also playing a hymn, "Nearer My God to Thee" Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee; E’en though it be a cross That raiseth me, Still all my song shall be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee.

[@RaySquirrel]

I don't really think the Pirates of the Caribbean holds up. There is a lot more information conveyed in the camera perspective, camera movement, Depp's body language and action.

[@TheGamersOfAuz]

Yeah, like as soon as he looks down the "creepy" triumphant feeling is lost coz its funny

[@JimCullen]

+RaySquirrel yeah I agree. The "creepy" one had only a tiny touch of creepiness to it, and the "comical" one didn't seem funny at all. I'm sure someone could devise a scene in which different music completely alters the mood, but the one used here has too much conveyed through visuals for that to work.

[@Ju-tz8ym]

+Jim Cullen (Zagorath) Yeah, I think after repeating the same scene for a third time, especially with a more serious tone the two times before really makes the supposed funny one out of place or even boring.

[@Ju-tz8ym]

+Jim Cullen (Zagorath) Yeah, I think after repeating the same scene for a third time, especially with a more serious tone the two times before really makes the supposed funny one out of place or even boring.

[@Snagprophet]

+BlackDiamond Games I think it's more that it makes less sense to have that music there. The original score complements Depp's actions after introducing him, the creepy score does work and conveys a different emotion, but it doesn't work when he gets ready to swing down. It action would need to be more menacing.

[@Thefoodnetwork26]

I think apocalypse now helicopter scene with ride of the valkaries is an example of how music perfectly acompanies an action. I always think of ride of the valkaries every time I fly a helicopter in a video game for example.

[@Fredreegz]

I could be wrong, but isn't that scene with Wagner based on actual events? I heard they once used that music as a form of psychological warfare to intimidate the enemy. Could be a myth though.

[@averyring3409]

Thank you for using the clip from ET where the police officer is holding a gun, instead of the stupid walkie talkie they replaced it with in later releases

[@svillegassmusic]

Did anyone else start to cry a little when they heard "up"?

[@ahmh1000]

+svill1010 Not really but i thought that i should finish it someday, i have seen the 2nd half of it like 4 times on tv but i don't think i ever saw the start.

[@mertinho]

+svill1010 Man, that was one of the saddest movies I have ever seen in my life. And usually I am not the emotional kind of guy which makes this even more stunning. Beautiful and touching movie!

[@daniellefish6416]

Yes. Instant sobs. That and the Titanic clip.

[@tp4055]

Right here with you on Up and Titanic

[@denisenova7494]

The beginning of "Up" is a "try not to cry" challenge. Arrgh...

[@planetsec9]

No LOTR? really? The emotions evoked by the score alone, and the amount of work that went into each individual piece of music, the motifs and everything, too great, too important to be left out.

[@B1SCOOP]

There's nothing groundbreaking about LOTR music. Listen to Maurice Jarre scores for example.

[@planetsec9]

B1SCOOP nothing groundbreaking? I suggest you watch the behind the scenes features about Howard Shore and the music, you'll cure yourself of your ignorance then.

[@prehistorCZ]

This is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read... You may not like the score for LotR, but it is definitelly grounbreaking. Howard Shore took the concept of leitmotives further than any movie score composer ever.

[@b1odome]

"Howard Shore took the concept of leitmotives further than any movie score composer ever." I would argue that this isn't true. Leitmotifs are not limited to Shore's music, and you can find a lot of them in other composers' music, like Ennio Morricone's or John Williams' scores. I would say that they are more common and more pronounced there. But the LotR score is indeed unique in a variety of ways, and it would have well illustrated some points in the video. Whether it is groundbreaking or not is probably subjective though, and you cannot include all of the best scores in one video. There are too many of them, unless you're doing a video that is several hours long.

[@prehistorCZ]

I know that they are not limited to Shore's music and that other composers use them too (and frankly I'm not that much of a fan of Shore, I barely listen to his other music), but LotR score is unique in the amount and variety of the themes.

[@TheeKittyPie]

I always think of Ex_Machina. Spoiler warning right now if you havnt seen it. . . . . . . When Ava is picking her skin and getting dressed up at the end it plays her theme which is like a music box, and is very tranquil and innocent, like we think she is. I felt so happy that she was finally free and it was cute to watch her doll herself up, I was think she was going to leave with Caleb and he'd have a beautiful robot gf. as weird as that sounds. Then the music starts getting loud, but you don't notice because the scene taking place is so shocking. Ava walks out of the room and proceeds to the elevator leaving Caleb trapped inside. The music is louder and louder but I still didn't notice because i couldn't believe my eyes. Ava entered the elevator and we see Caleb pounding on the door, screaming her name. The music is now deafening loud. the elevator door closes, and the music suddenly stops, and you finally hear Caleb. And it's weird, once you realize how loud the music was you also realize what just happened, leaving you speechless and silent, like the music. Perfectly executed

[@TheeKittyPie]

If you'd like to hear the score I'm talking about, look up the Ex_Machina ost - Skin. just listening you should be able to point out right where things start going south

[@politech2722]

kittypie that was a great movie

[@TheJayman213]

A score function that was left out is that of sound effects. In Bambi, for instance, the score adheres to the action on the screen so closely that on many occasions sound effects were omitted.

[@umrkhayam]

Since this wasn't summarized either in the video or description or some random comment... Here's the summary: 00:00 - 0:58 kinda starts off at what music (or score or whatever) means for music.. 0:59 -> difference between score and a music/soundtrack (or whatever it's supposed to be called) 1:29 -> (diving deeper) comparing movie scenes with and without their "scores" 1:56 -> the pirates of the caribbean example (the creator's and mine fav example) 2:53 -> a lil dive into the older cinema (and how music score was, real time piano players playing the piano and pullin out different psychological effects out of it... or something along those lines.. just watch it) 3:17 -> a few examples of how... 4:03 -> how these were evolved and incorporated in the modern cinema (how the ARE used...) 4:43 -> analyzing the famous "shower scene" from the film "psycho" on the psychology of music...( I think) 5:23 -> analyzing how the score works in "JAWS" The film score pioneer guy's 5 ways the film score serves the "visuals" 1. ( 6:10 ) setting the atmosphere 2. ( 6:39 ) it reinforces certain psychological things and help tell the story in a (how do I put it) certain way ^^' (or something like that) 3. ( 7:20 ) to build a sense of continuity/ knit scenes together (depends on how you knit 'em.. maybe in a montage or maybe like using a flashback or somethin..) 4. ( 8:19 ) they kinda tell that, that's it! (or as "Now you see it" put it, give a sense of finality) 5. ( 8:56 ) it's just there to fill the silence.. that is when the film is NOT supposed to have silence (or no music... or whatever!) 9:43 -> sometimes NOT having a score is the way to go ... 10:16 -> how the psychology of the music works... (the same music could give you different effects, used differently .... I mean scores... but whatever)

[@lpatel_41]

Now You Hear it

[@FilmmakerIQ]

First of all - really awesome topic! But since I get pronunciation crap all the time... it's pronounced Cope-land. And he wasn't a film music pioneer as his first scores weren't till 1939 which is quite late. His film scores aren't really well known and he's certainly not as prolific as Demetri Tiomkin and Bernard Herrmann in early studio era. But Copland is REALLY key to 20th century American orchestral music: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo (Beef, it's what's for dinner), The Grand Canyon Suite, Fanfare for the Common Man - these are pieces that practically everyone alive today has some familiarity with. Still great video!

[@NowYouSeeIt]

+Filmmaker IQ Thanks for the input! Love Filmmaker IQ. Here's the Copeland essay I reference in the video if you're interested: puffin.creighton.edu/fapa/Bruce/0New%20Film%20as%20Art%20webfiles/all%20texts%20and%20articles/film_music_by__aaron_copeland.htm

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Yes, I'm very interested!! Thanks for that link!

[@FilmmakerIQ]

***** Copland is a Scottish Northern England name with Old Scandinavian roots - Old Norse "kaupland", meaning "bought land" which was rare in the middle ages. But it's similar pronunciation to Copenhagen.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+5t412463663245 Yeah, I'm an American in America and I get crap every time I try to pronounce a French name on my channel - so I'm sympathetic. But Aaron Copland is a giant in the history of music... if you pronounce his name COP-land, people like myself think you're talking about someone else.... it's like pronouncing George LuCASE. Here's the first biography on Copland I could find on YT: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ-6f52aZZWSm80

[@JimCullen]

+5t412463663245 that's generally true, but does _not_ apply to names. If you pronounce Antonin Dvořák the same way you pronounce Dr. August Dvorak or John C. Dvorak, _you are doing it wrong_. Similarly, if you pronounce Aaron Copland "cop-land", that is an _incorrect_ pronunciation.

[@Kydino]

I disagree on the Clockwork Orange part at 9:25. I felt no unease or tension there, in fact, I felt pretty damn happy and uplifted, it felt like a very good representation of what the characters were possibly feeling but portrayed as sound; bonus points that it also plays off on Alex's character taste for classical music as well. Guess I don't find violence as unsettling as you do.

[@oscarsamaniego2048]

Kyriolexical Dino What about _Dancing in the rain_ rape scene?

[@Kydino]

Oscar Samaniego Seemed like a good portrayal of the characters lack of morality and the way they saw that as a fun activity. I wasn't unsettled there, it's just a movie, but it does have very interesting scenes.

[@oscarsamaniego2048]

***** Thanks for answering.

[@discipleofbolas]

The scene, in of itself, isn't unsettling. What it suggests about the character's themselves is quite unsettling.

[@krypto276]

Kubrick loved classical music and used it in a variety of ways. In Clockwork Orange, it is used to juxtapose horrible violence with uplifting, jolly symphonies. I think instead of describing it as tension, the feeling transferred is that of an intense wrongness. Just the sharp contrast between sound and visual (and even within the sound between music and fighting noises) serves to make you sort of sick to the stomach.

[@rdoetjes]

Film scores are the hardest piece of music to compose for a musician/composer. You often end up breaking musical convention which for a musician can be very uncomfortable. I once wrote a piece of music that started of as a 2/4th measure for the establishing shot of a 1940s Dutch village where Nazis were running through the street capturing young men. We then cut to two people Waltzing (my idea was a waltz because it is so Prusian and it ties in with what later happens with one of the two characters who turns out to be a traitor ;) so the music suggests that already). And this waltz is a 3/4th measure and a little more up beat. The lady sips wine (another visual hint that they have some richess that most could not afford) and as the male character suggests to go to bed and she goes to put the glass down while he kisses her neck and air she misses the table and the glass falls to the floor and at then we cut to a guy running being followed by Nazis. In a 4 quarter up beat march with more minor progressions than the Waltz that had major chord progression. But when I listen to that score on it's own it's a musical mess -- which was my fault because that was what I at some point only focussed on from my background as a musician. But in combination with the images it works. Only when I went to listen to other movies that had these hard hits and soft hits I realized that it's the norm. But when you read and hear the music you are like: "what?!?!?!?"

[@paulytheking7365]

For example, in Raiders of The Lost Ark, during the Desert Chase, the music all of a sudden becomes a march when Indy is thrown out of the window.

[@bhargavtata8732]

My favorite themes of all time: Binary Sunset/Force Theme (Star Wars) - John Williams Imperial March (The Empire Strikes Back) - John Williams Raider's March (Raider's March) - John Williams Rey's Theme (The Force Awakens) - John Williams (It's only been a couple month's but its awesome) Theme from Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park) - John Williams ( I am not a big fan of the film, but I still get chills after listening) Star Trek - Michael Giacchino Married Life (Up) - Michael Giacchino)

[@EricCartman-mx5wg]

Here are my personal favorites xP Binary Sunset Duel of the Fates The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Theme The Ecstacy of Gold I Still Can't Sleep Vertigo Theme Schindler's List Theme Once Upon A Time In America Theme The Fellowship Jurassic Park Theme Indiana Jones Theme The Imperial March For A Few Dollars More Concerning Hobbits The Godfather Theme Braveheart Theme Time Rey's Theme Star Wars Theme The First Victim Now We Are Free The Pink Panther Theme Hedwig's Theme Psycho Theme Limelight Theme The Bridge of Khazad Dum L'Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock The Green Mile Theme The Shawshank Redemption Theme Rabbia E Tarantella As Time Goes By Forrest Gump Theme Jedi Steps Una Mattina Rose's Theme The Throne Room Omaha Beach Hymn To The Fallen Superman Theme Lawrence of Arabia Theme 8½ Theme I know, long ass list, but I just love music in movies. Without the music, the movies might as well go fuck themselves...

[@erictaylor5462]

No one does music scores like John Williams (Star Wars, Close Encounters, Jaws, ET)

[@karltoontv]

Harry Potter and Jurassic Park.

[@DontFeedTheGaben]

I think music is most effective when what's happening on screen is enough to convey the feeling it wants to on its own, and the music accompanies this subtly rather than being as loud as the dialogue. For example, take the opening scene from Drive. It's tense af without the soundtrack, but with it; oh my god.

[@brauliodiaz3925]

Most of the music is from John Williams lol. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET, Catch Me if You Can, Saving Private Ryan... He's the master!

[@iLuvvYuuMjxXxLia]

Braulio Diaz Harry Potter

[@the_real_littlepinkhousefly]

Howard Shore's LOTR and Hobbit scores are so incredibly beautiful and epic -- he may not be as prolific as Williams (who I love, BTW), but we can't leave him out.

[@Evanderj]

Cumbria Strong Didn’t Morricone also do The Hateful Eight too?

[@tareklegrand6616]

@@Evanderj you damn right he did it was the first time ever someone made an original score for a Tarantino movie

[@Jack-ik5lh]

Yea home alone too

[@Lobstrique]

now i see it. thanks.

[@Isvoor]

Hear it too

[@williamlanger9229]

They make you think the Star Wars prequels are good. Went back and watched them. Realized I like them as a kid because the music is good. Good job John Williams.

[@EthanConradFilm]

The new IT soundtrack also mimics the sounds of the film. Some sounds in the film I throughly were a part of the edit, while later I found out they were in the score.

[@anirrelevantchild5516]

Now another tool I've seen recently used with the soundtrack not the score but it technically could be used with both is using upbeat, happy, optimistic music during a chaotic or scary scene creating a very unsettling feeling. At the same time the music's changes also correspond with the scene, if that makes any sense.

[@thefrikanih7390]

And then, Quentin Tarantino. "An epic katana fight between two women in a snowy asian scenario? Spanish flamenco guitar, of course".

[@Gravitynaut]

Great video. One of my favorite things in film is the musical accompaniment, and I believe it's also one of the most important emotional factors in creating a film. I can name scenes on all of my favorite films where the music completely made the film or scene in question, like Toy Story 3 (the final scene comes to mind), Don Hertzfeldt's It's Such a Beautiful Day (incredible usage of classical music to portray a mood, and one of the greatest films ever made in my opinion, go watch it on Netflix now, it's only about an hour long), ET like you mentioned in the video, and Jurassic Park.

[@logantotman]

You put The Up scene here! Dammit in gonna cry again!

[@LDiazMunoz]

Just discovered your channel. Your work it's amazing :) Personally, my favorite Soundtrack and Score it's from Winding-Refn's Drive.

[@TheEpicImpaler]

S Y N T H W A V E

[@CKBrooke]

I’ve been binge-watching this channel all evening, love it, thank you

[@Gamingturtle090]

I’m watching this at school in a music class but I feel like I would still watch it, so good job

[@maggiekorell176]

Just watched you for the first time and I think these are great. Please keep posting more. This is fascinating!

[@shaygarden9831]

The interesting thing about the band in Titanic, is that the band in the real life event did that too. They did that to calm the passengers down or something to that effect and didn't try to get to the boats. They even went down with the ship.

[@wilhelmcooning]

Two words for film scores: Studio Ghibli.

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

Oh god yes! I've got so many soundtracks and listen to them all the time. Also, if you don't know it exists yet, there is a Hisaishi/Ghibli concert BluRay which is pretty much, the best thing mankind has ever done :D

[@Evanderj]

👍 good call Fun fact: they pronounce it “ji-bu-ri” there in Japan. I’ve been saying it wrong with the Italian pronunciation.

[@sethleoric2598]

Their good with addin music and removing it

[@machtone]

Can't believe you left INTERSTELLAR

[@TheSONICclub1]

really, any of Christopher Nolan's movies featuring Hans Zimmer is surprising, with Inception and The Dark Knight having some of his best music, and Batman Begins with its tone-shifting soundtrack that almost sets the entirety of the emotion in the movie. Batman Begins is almost the pure definition of what a composer should do for their soundtrack; to make the audience relate and be immersed. Also to be kick-ass outside of the movie setting too ;)

[@hey-zel]

Fun fact for anyone who doesn’t know this but Has Zimmer actually created the soundtrack before knowing what the film was even going to be about.

[@SamuelKristopher]

BWWWWWRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHMMMM

[@miafitzgerald4126]

@@hey-zel no way? listen to time, it fits perfectly. I thought he did that on purpose

[@hey-zel]

@@miafitzgerald4126 ikr I was super shocked too!

[@BenBigg]

lol not to sound rude but there is a editing mistake at 8:44 where you can see the next clip in the letter-boxing. Its between ET and little mermaid.

[@vegardberget7277]

Love your videos! My fav example of a changed mood was the fight scene within khazad dûm, with heroic, comic, and depressing music.

[@dayman888]

I miss hearing those THX intros in movie theaters

[@DJ-Krimson-Steele]

I completely agree that when done right, certain movies (not all of course) can convey more emotion without music. Look at Tarintino movies for example. Sure he uses music and soundtracks at times when he feels the scene needs it, but there are many times in his movies where so much emotion can get conveyed without music and just silence or sound effects to push the scene forward. Just look at Pulp Fiction where Butch goes back to his apartment to get his fathers watch. There was so much build and the only sound you hear are the sound effects along with Travolta and Willis' performance to further drive the scene home. It's one of my least favorite scenes in the entire movie, but I still remember that scene more than some of the others, just by how it was set up.

[@Psichotica7]

I think I laughed way too hard at that "playful/comical" scene.

[@dannyman2k]

Saaame :D

[@MS-bk7lv]

I think one of my favourite uses of music in filmography is in the TV-show ER when Carter and Lucy gets stabbed. While they're being stabbed we hear the funky and happy music from the valentine's day party the rest of the doctors are having, which amplifies the feeling that no one knows what's happening to Carter and Lucy, the party just continues. Then, about a season later, the stabber comes back to the hospital as a patient, and Carter sees him. He talks to him, and then he leaves and has to hurry to the bathroom because he's feeling sick from getting all the memories back. The same music that was played when he was stabbed is played as he's hurrying to the bathroom, and it's just so amazingly done!

[@peachisoro]

i had a heart attack at the beginning, i always had nightmares about that opening thing as a kid and im 16 now and it still puts me on edge

[@mertinho]

Fantastic video! Foxcatcher is a pretty good example of how NOT using any music is very effective, too.

[@awepi]

The song that accompanied the black and white chase scene was the Holberg Suite, not specifically written for the movie. One of my favorite pieces of all time.

[@WalterLiddy]

One major trend in film scores is overlooked here, which is those in which each major character has a 'theme' that plays when they appear or when a scene is primarily about them. Star Wars or Once Upon A Time in the West are good examples of this, where the themes that play help the audience to focus their attention to the point of view of a particular character, or to link that character with broader themes. For example, Darth Vader's march is ominous and powerful, reminding us when it plays that he is not only present, but is the overriding concern of the scene.

[@GymMasterT1]

I will never forget the Polar Express soundtrack

[@2b-coeur]

One thing that's really stuck with me about music in movies, is in the newer "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe". So the huge battle come and you have the epic music as the armies race at each other, but then as they get closer it fades to kind of a heartbeat sound and slow motion, and then there's this moment where the armies clash, everything speeds up and there's no music, just all the sounds of battle, and everything's chaotic. I don't know, it's hard to describe, but it really sells the seriousness and the violence and realness of it.

[@doublev1513]

Can't believe you included a skit from Key & Peele, this guys are on another level! 💀

[@ellenwadsworth8437]

hey, i just wanted to say that i love your videos! i want to work in cinematography in the future, either as a director or a producer and your videos really inspire me and help me understand lots of topics that i should know about to do this!

[@gazeddreamer3501]

I don't see how you can have a great movie without a great film score.

[@edward_j_stipplehands]

Clever use of music at the end while displaying the sources!

[@anjelinavillalobos3973]

im surprised u didn't mention the opening scene if troll 2 where the music in no way matches the scene. (the score in a nightmare on elm street is great at providing suspense, and the creator said the piano meant to trick your mind)

[@iwantitpaintedblack]

i think scores and background music in the older games made them so memorable for us, the eerie music of Resident evil 3 , the empowering rock music of Prince of Persia (warrior within), and suspence music of the Metal gear solid, i feel like modern games aren't paying much attention to it,

[@blindumpire4020]

What I loved about Psycho was the music in the shower scene and the scene itself. Although we never saw the knife penetrate her body, it remains one of the most disturbing and brutal scenes in movie history.

[@cameronschiff132]

Wow, you had me sold at the Pirates of the Caribbean example, I can't stop laughing at how well each of those fit, like the scene was made for the scores just as much as the scores were made for the scene

[@jeepersmcgee3466]

I want to hear this guy dig into the score of Swiss Army Man

[@gotetstronk59]

"Diminished minor chord" *breathes in* boi

[@FilmMusicFan]

Nice video essay! Interesting how the scene in "Psycho" works best with music, while the scene in "No Country for Old Men" works best without.

[@Lilly24244]

Wow, the Pirates of the carribian example was really good.

[@haefkingchan]

Name me a more iconic duo than Steven Spielberg and John Williams

[@lilgamerguy]

Halloween would have been a great example to use for how a film score can establish a real sense of tension and unease. Every time you see Michael in frame stalking his unsuspecting victims, that eerie piano tune sets in. Also, the intensity of the score ramps up over the course of the film. In the beginning, Michael is still simply watching, stalking, so the music is rather calm, eerie, but calm. Then, as Michael begins to pick off the victims he has been watching, the music gets a little more urgent. Then, in the final act, during the chase scene, the music is in full effect, its loud, and intense. And who can forget the iconic theme that plays several times throughout the movie, usually during some important event.

[@ninejot]

Great video.. I always feel that background score is more vital to convey the emotions to the viewer and make him/her feel being a part of the scene. Background score often covers up for shortcomings in the actor or the screen play. Unfortunately I do not think background score composers are not given their due recognition, compared to actors and actresses.

[@zactaylor4481]

I feel like the score in ‘Platoon’ would have been a perfect example of evoking emotion, still to this day when ever I hear that violin play it gives me a very uneasy and melancholy feeling.

[@Xplozhun85]

Brilliant analysis!

[@MrGurujoe1985]

Not to mention that the triumphant music in that Pirates of the Caribbean scene also playfully contrasts with the shot of the ship sinking.

[@MechaDogJumper18]

This is a great video, I just subscribed recently to this channel and I am loving it

[@merc1f485]

Both examples of chase music, a villian, and a hero have the playing of the Aus Holdberg Zeit requiems 1 and 2. Shows you how composers know so much about musical theory before film. (Holdberg was made in the Italian Renaissance, before any types of film

[@DoofDays]

Your videos are amazing

[@Roberta_Trevino]

It's funny I just saw this video now because I went over the music from Finding Nemo and for example if you just listen to the music when the Barracuda shows up, you actually jump when you hear the punch and it brings you back to the fear you had as a child when you heard that music for the first time. It's amazing.

[@matheuslopes77]

nice video man, lol'd hard on the pirates of the caribean example, keep those videos comming...

[@JohnZ117]

0:09 The audience is now deaf. 10 internets if you know what that's from.

[@DinosaurYeahYeah]

more recently my favorite use of movie score was in Swiss Army Man where the score and soundtrack of the movie was interwoven into the chants and hums of the characters themselves, blurring the line between what's happening within world of the movie and outside of it.

[@madraven07]

Early silent films often had live orchestras in bigger cinemas. It was only in smaller theatres that they made do with just a piano.

[@QuinnConnell]

Just saying, you deserve more views.

[@TheCallToAdventure]

Finally. Someone addressing one of the most crucial parts of a film

[@RealBadGaming52]

its not discussed enough,i do love old movies from the 50-60s but before the late 70s, and early 80s Music in films was terrible but they got clever in the 80s and realised the music can be a storyteller in its own right. Speidlberg, JAmes Cameron , Tim Burton and Lucas perfected this using Fideil, Hanz Zimmer and John Williams work

[@TheMusicfreak116]

Pointing out The Pianist for special use of silence, although it’s about a person being mostly characterised through his playing on a Piano in one scene

[@loladgomez]

I like to think that the comical music playing over Jack Sparrow's scene is actually the music that plays in his head at all times.

[@erictaylor5462]

3:22 They had live music, but did anyone ever try to hire actors to speak the lines in the film? Seems like that would be the thing to do.

[@ellianaabbott4139]

Sometimes there weren't lines at all

[@erictaylor5462]

@@ellianaabbott4139 Of course, but when there were.

[@ellianaabbott4139]

@@erictaylor5462 fair point

[@JakubValovic]

I have two points: Shower scene with music is a production movie that induces stress reaction. Without sound it's much more real and horrifying (bordering with plainly revolting) Ludvig van in ultraviolence scenes makes us observe them from Alex's viewpoint - playful, entertaining & beautiful

[@umrkhayam]

wow! this was SO GOOD! keep makin such cool videos ! :D

[@zizoumonk10]

Diminished Minor chord? Either diminished or minor not both. A minor triad is 1 b3 5. A diminshed triad is 1 b3 b5.

[@GabZonY]

one thing I've noticed is that sometimes when a score is too prominent it can make certain scenes feel rushed. i noticed this with inception, it's one of my favourite movies, but if i had to give it some criticism it would be that the soundtrack was too prominent in certain moments that i feel would do better with silence or a different score in the background. contrast this with the matrix (another of my favourite movies), which did comparable scenes (tutor teaching a student about the main concepts of the film) perfectly when it comes to the scoring.

[@imagedezach]

When talking about the score of the beginning of PotC, you can't not pick up on the fact that the film is spoofing the typical "hero's triumphant introduction" that we see in other movies of the pirates/swashbuckler genre. It's thus more humorous than genuinely triumphant in tone, ironically enough far more humorous than it is with a comical score. Similarly, in the fight scene in clockwork orange, if all you read from the use of a jaunty classical music piece is "tension", you're missing out on the slightly humorous side of the juxtaposition of that music with that scene (indeed, the stylisation and excessiveness of the violence in the scene leads to a humorous reading). "Tension" and "unease" would perhaps be more appropriate to describe our main character's belting "singing in the rain" during the rape scene earlier on, but that music is diegetic and so obviously isn't part of the score or soundtrack proper. Were it on the soundtrack and not part of the diegesis, however, THAT for me would evoke more of the kind of tension you're (I think inappropriately) reading into the choice of music in the fight scene.

[@brendanhickeymovies]

8:45, both the aspect ratio from E.T and The Little Mermaid are there.

[@steerkill]

I LOVE YOUR VIDS!

[@calabriarose651]

American Beauty has one of the most extraordinary film scores I've ever heard. It is quirky, but plays off the emotions in the movie perfectly.

[@whiterottenrabbit]

Could you please pay attention to the correct aspect ratio? At 3:03, the picture is squashed. Why would a movie fan not care about the distorted visuals?

[@danalley6376]

Great channel. I don't know why I'm just finding these.