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Film Music

Almost any type of music can be used with a film. This makes it very important to clearly describe the context of the composition or series of extracts in detail. The link between the music and what is to be seen on screen should be very clear.

AS COMPOSING -FILM MUSIC IDEAS

instruments
  • Melody - Saxophone clarinet or violin or flute 
  • Chords - keyboard or strings
Composing idea 1 Create a sound library of moods or a series of moods for aspects of a film.   i.e. 
  • hide and seek music for percussion
  • a sad movie theme for piano
Composing idea 2 Each week give find a new mood to work on with sound examples, elements, notations
  • create an improvisation followed by a 16 bar composition.
  • follow a film title and story line
  • There could be linking themes involving characters liet motif
Composing idea 3 Involvement of world music and travel music
  • A library of music for an imaginary series of films
  • Several short extracts, each forming one minute of music.
Composing idea 4 Two linked ideas
  •  A bridge linking two different moods
  • two treatments of the same scene giving it a different fee
Composing idea 5

Write a short story with lots of characteristic ideas for movement and action. This should be turned into a continuous piece of film music where musical phrases  support the action on screen.

Examples  - background information

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