Film Music (Hairspray)

Film Music - Hairspray

For my film music choice I have decided that I wanted to show you the song from the film Hairspray and the song that features in a scene in this movie. The song that features is called 
"You Cant Stop The Beat".

(Here is the song above from the movie Hairspray, It is called you can’t stop the beattt!)

The music in general is very fast paced, light-hearted and jolly and this song would definitely grab anyone's attention as it’s quite different. The song has such a karaoke effect to it and will definitely get people dancing and singing to it as its quite repetitive and it’s very easy to catch up on in terms of the words. I would class this song in general as being a very happy song as it’s from a musical film which is also a great comedy, the picture-isation of the song is very bright and fast paced and has so much going on within into it as well as getting you into a happy mood. The clothing the characters wear in this song are very bright so therefore again it’ll get you hooked in to watching it as well as listening to it, another great thing about this song is the crazy dance moves because they are signature moves from this movie.

The song also has a very retro feel to it but it’s great as it goes so well with the outfits of the characters.

The song is general also really reminds me of the movie Grease as its quite similar not in terms of the music but in terms of the way the song is as of the mood it gives out it also this movie does star the amazing John Travolta. (So maybe that is why I feel it reminds me of the movie Grease.)

Songs like this in movies like Hairspray (and aswell as Grease) are generally a way of showing you what the characters thoughts and feelings are, they generally burst into song and dance to express the strength of their feelings in these ways if they cant seem to express them in other way.