Music Composition

The music is important factor of the production because it will help to convey the genre and theme. It has to be appropriate, if any lyrics are used they have to resemble the plot or the characters, if they don’t it will mislead the audience and will not attract them to watch the rest of the film. The main uses for music in a title sequence is to create mood and atmosphere, for example the music in “Jaws” every time the shark appears, the music is now iconic and every time it was used in the film, tension grew as the audience were aware the shark would attack. Music is used for signals about time and place, in “The Talented Mr Ripley” we know the film is set in the 60’s because jazz music is used and that was of a time when it was very popular and fashionable- especially as the jazz music was American, we know the setting is in America.  Whereas in “300” we hear Arab sounding flutes which brings up images of the Middle East. The final use of music is to introduce the character. “James Bond” is known for being sexy and exciting because the music that is associated with him is suave and smooth. The music of the characters creates atmosphere, for example “Indiana Jones” has adventurous sounding music whereas the “Rocky” theme song is inspirational.