Music Composition
An important element tremendously valuable to film yet bullied invisible by the visual content is the delicate art of musical composition. ... Ever since filmmaking began, music has been a vital aspect of cinematic art. The first flickers were shown in music halls, vaudeville theaters, or penny arcades, but each house had musicians that were paid to accompany the film. ... During the opening performances 70-piece orchestras were gathered to play Breil’s music. ... Breil had achieved the essence of music’s way of heightening film, especially during the silent film era. ... Music had come a long way, and strengthened during this decade. ... Disney released Fantasia, a film that based its heart on the music that was peformed by the Philadelphia Orchestar under the direction of Leopold Stokowski. ... Fantasia is an incredible example of music’s power on film, but did not turn a profit until many years later and after several releases. ... Korngold wrote the music to play off of the thirty-one year old Flynn, who was in fine shape at the time and capable of performing many action sequences. ... Two years after he was commissioned to provide the music for Dudyard Kpling’s Jungle book. ... Popular music became sources for film backgrounds on the same level of scoring, and would continue to rise in the medium until the present. ... The film’s music is ultimately a simple composition that doesn’t drown out the somewhat moralistic action/drama. ... Through out the 50’s early composers continued to work steadily in film, now presenting the idea that film music composers could survive in Hollywood without being axed after their first commission. The 60’s brought more freedom to the screen, and with that, more choices in forms of music and style. ... No one thought that a movie by the Beatles would be anymore than a commercial advertisement and propaganda, but the comedic antics and wonderful pop culture music blended well into a unique theatrical experience. ... Jarre combined British elements with British flavor, including an Arab theme which uses the tones of middle Easter music. Maurice incorporated already written music such as “The Voice of the Guns” written by Kenneth J. ... After Lawrence of Arabia won seven Oscars, including Best Music Score, Jarre was assured a place in the Film world and would move on to helm other music scores such as the renowned Doctor Zhivago in 1965. ... Jerry Goldsmith provided a folksy sound combined with the elegance of orchestration He was born in 1929 and studied piano under renowned compsers In the 50’s Goldsmith found himself creating music for televisions shower such as Climax and The twilight Zone. ... One of the strangest composition for film in the 70’s was the scoring of Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. ... In the end the music was for this film was all borrowed, but the choices were remarkable.