Sound In Movies

Analysing music in movies

(The video above is the E.T. soundtrack which is featured throughout the film)

FILM:  E.T.

INSTRUMENTS: 

(the sounds you can hear which are being played)

The starting of the music sounds very positive straight away as it seems as though its the sound of birds tweeting, this already now gives a positive impact to the movie and it then tells you without saying that the movie will also be a positive movie and the outcomes of the film will be happy. 

The instruments that are in this soundtrack are all very orchestral they all link in together like a symphony. 
You can straight away hear the sounds of the cello, clarinet, flute, french horn, grand piano, trumpet and the violin. I think that all the sounds work very well as they compliment each other all nicely. The sound at the beginning which it starts off with is the flute and I think it sounds great because its very recognisable as you know straight away its from the movie E.T. 
I also think that when the cello comes in after the flute is playing at the start of the soundtrack it really links together nicely because it goes from a sudden change of sounds to different tempos and sounds. Even though it was a sudden change i still think it has  great impact.
The trumpet sounds which come in later on are very soft sounds and they are not loud and this is great because its complimenting the music. 
If the trumpet sounds where very loud and low pitched they wouldn't be good to listen to because it wouldn't go with the music and that would then ruin the softness of which the soundtrack is.
The best thing which I like about the soundtrack is the sounds of the grand piano I think that it gives the soundtrack as a whole such a good feel and the vibe it gives out is positive, this definitely creates a great atmosphere as this movie is generally aimed to children.

- TEMPO

(the speed at which a passage of music is played)

The tempo of the soundtrack is all the way through very jolly and happy and the tempo is very fast paced. The fast paced music is definitely good to use in a movie like E.T. simply because it gives you a hint of what the film is going to be like. 


- PITCH 

The pitch in terms of the quality of sound is good in this soundtrack and it sounds really good everything in the soundtrack flows well nicely which is good as it gives you a nice happy feeling. The music to me also has a nice science fiction feel and that is definitely good as E.T. is a Sci-fi film.

- DURATION

The duration of the soundtrack is 3 minutes and 22 seconds.



FILM: STAR WARS

(This video link above is the feature soundtrack to the movie Star Wars)

- INSTRUMENTS:

The sounds of the instruments which you can hear in this Star Wars soundtrack are mainly drums and trumpets. These sounds are often heard In the beginning of a grand revivals of symphonies. The sound goes from being high pitched to low pitched and it changes as the soundtrack goes on, this is used to create affect as the sounds are different all the way through.

- TEMPO:

The tempo of the soundtrack is quite fast paced as there is a lot going on and there is a lot to listen to, the music varies from sounds and thats good because there is  variety.

- PITCH: 

The music in which as a whole is quite positive uplifting music, it has a very positive feel to it, it sounds like a good type of music to be played for when someone has accomplished something as its very high pitched. (High pitched sounds generally give out a positive vibe)

- DURATION 
The duration of this particular soundtrack is 3 minutes and 17 seconds. 


FILM: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

- INSTRUMENTS:
The instruments that you can hear in this soundtrack from the 2001 movie The Space Odyssey are  all orchestral instruments and the ones that have been used are woodwinds, flutes, piccolos, English horns, clarinets, horns, trumpets, bass drums, trombones, percussions, organs, keyboards, strings, harps, triangles, bells, glockenspiels, cellos, violins and double basses. 

- PITCH:

The pitch of the soundtrack has both degrees of lowness and highness as the tone changes from start to beginning.

- Tempo:
The tempo of the music is quite fast paced but as it gradually gets into it even more the tempo gets quicker due to the fact that more instruments are being introduced into the sound sequence. 

- Duration:
The duration of this soundtrack is 2 minutes and 8 seconds approximately.


Out of the three soundtracks I really prefer the E.T. soundtrack simply because I think it works within the movie really well and the fact that its such a recognsisable tune gives it even more of a good feel.
E.T. was a film which is loved watching as a child so therefore this is why I really like this one.