No you're not, I feel the same way. The music in the back ground sort of give you the hint of what will happen in a few seconds and etc. But you are defiantly not only man!!!!
Music has always been a big contributor to the whole cinema experience ever since the silent era. The right or wrong music changes the whole tone of a piece and this is why I believe that movie composers really deserve more credit than they get. There are a few more "household" names like John Williams and Danny Elfman but so many go unknown. Like the guy who composed the music the music for Pan's Labyrinth, or the guy who composed the music for The Red Shoes, or the music for Grave of the Fireflies, or Spirited Away. I had to look up all those guys and I absolutely loved those movies and their scores! But people can only remember so many names and if you want the composer to get recognition go watch musicals. Even though those have the opposite problem of the composers get too much credit. Seriously Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most well known musical composers and all his shows are "Andrew Lloyd Webber's ____" and that guy doesn't even write his own lyrics!
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I completely agree! I had an entire conversation with an old friend of mine who believes that music has almost no impact on the movie going experience and how there is almost no difference between the different movie's soundtracks. Oh, she really shouldn't have said that and it got rather heated. I agree that in the world of musicals it can get a little overexposed, but I wonder if part of that is on their end trying to make up for their lack of recognition in the film realm.
Oh gosh. My music professor was just talking about this the other day. Some guy was arguing that our perception of music is conditioned by society while my professor was arguing that certain music has inherent meaning no matter how or where you were raised. He used movie soundtracks as an example and if your friend had been in that classroom I can only imagine the fireworks.
I've got the perfect choice. They could play "The Confrontation" from the Les Miserables musical (not the awful movie). Epic and overly dramatic and perfect.
Yes. Interestingly enough, the quality of the soundtracks (in my opinion) actually follow my opinions of the qualities of the movies. The worse the soundtrack, the worse the movie. The best soundtracks are the ones which force you to feel the emotions of the seen. It's like I always say, like would be much more dramatic with a soundtrack. Imagine all of those bitches fighting on Facebook to a theme song or something.
