Chapter 55 Underscoring Meaning: Williams and Music For Film
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THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC
ESSENTIAL LISTENING
EDITION
by
Kristine Forney
Andrew Dell’Antonio
Joseph Machlis
SECOND EDITION
Lecture Slides
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Chapter 67: Underscoring Meaning: Williams and Music for Film
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Underscoring Meaning: Music for
Film
• Multimedia often powerful; collaboration of
several creative individuals
• Dramatic musical resources pioneered onstage
now transformed for the screen
– Film, television, video games
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Sound and Film
• Music has played an indispensible role in memorable film moments
• Reflects the emotions of a given scene
• Creates irony through juxtaposition
• Creates a sense of time and place
• Two main types of music in film
– Underscoring: comes from unseen source
– Source music: music functions as part of the drama itself
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Lord of the Rings
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John Williams: Star Wars and Beyond
• Mastery of leitmotif technique
• Revival of the grand symphonic film score,
accessible neo-Romanticism
• Soundtrack for Star Wars remarkable
achievement
– Leitmotifs carried across prequels and sequels
– Imperial March (LG 62)
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John Williams (b. 1932)
• Born on Long Island, New York
• Composed for television in 1950s; shifted to
film in 1960s
• By the end of 1970s was Hollywood’s
foremost composer
• Also composes classical symphonic works and
was conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
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Chapter 67: Underscoring Meaning: Music for Film
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Chapter 67: Underscoring Meaning: Music for Film
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The Empire Strikes Back“The Imperial March”
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7HF4JG1pOg&list=PLxgWBmUi9H8Jzi4NNNlPrw1mOF5QDWJPH&index=31
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More John Williams
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSW3a4bYwdM&list=PLxgWBmUi9H8Jzi4NNNlPrw1mOF5QDWJPH&index=33
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDIPumROvuQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u4C9XbzLhQ&index=34&list=PLxgWBmUi9H8Jzi4NNNlPrw1mOF5QDWJPH
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Chapter 67: Underscoring Meaning: Music for Film
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by
Kristine Forney
Andrew Dell’Antonio
Joseph Machlis
Lecture Slides
THIRD EDITION
THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC
ESSENTIAL LISTENING EDITION
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