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Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-12-21
Replies: 41
Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?

Different style, intent, content and intention. A movie about a composer would seem to need a lot of music to indicate what was rattling around in the composer's mind while he did trivial things. ...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-11-21
Replies: 41
Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?
Posted By skizzerflake
Definitely. I don't think I could recall a...

Definitely. I don't think I could recall a single melody from Miami Vice an hour after the show, but it was crafted to be as much of a part of the scene as a palm tree. Cars, music, flower print...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-08-21
Replies: 41
Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?

It brings me to the question about movies that are not designated musicals exactly, but where there's a song that's very conspicuous and completely wrapped into the plot. My favorite examples of...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-07-21
Replies: 41
Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?
Posted By skizzerflake
Honestly, I do want the director or whoever does...

Honestly, I do want the director or whoever does this to use the music to tell me how to feel. It is emotional manipulation, but so is the rest of the story. The whole idea of having a movie is to...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-05-21
Replies: 41
Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?

Like a lot of things in film, in this case music, the difference between music that just gimmicky ornamentation and music that really integrates with the movie, is a continuum. All other aspects,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-05-21
Replies: 41
Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?

"The Phantom Carriage is an excellently scored silent film."

I have to ask the obvious question, whether there was a composed score performed in a theater or whether the music was written after...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-04-21
Replies: 41
Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?

Yep. I recall an interview with a movie composer (not sure which one) when he said that the best movie score is the one that you don't hear because it melds into the story. As for manipulation or...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-04-21
Replies: 41
Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Music in film: Emotional manipulation or enhancement?

Movies without the music are pretty darn flat, since soundtrack writers are very conscious of the fact that they are the emotional barometer of the movie. That's how a person walking down the street...