Look at any great movie, and almost always, there will be a great score accompanying it. This interesting video takes a look at 10 of the best film scores of all time.
Coming to you from CineFix, this great video examines some of the most iconic original film scores of all time and why they were so effective. A film score can do many things: supporting the action, providing thematic guidance for the viewer, juxtaposing on-screen events, heightening emotion, and more. Hitchcock, famously a perfectionist and control freak, originally intended for the shower murder scene in "Psycho" to have no score. Bernard Herrmann wrote something anyway, and when the director wasn't satisfied with the scene, he offered the music, at which point Hitchcock quickly embraced it.
Personally, I think Randy Newman's music for "The Natural" is one of the most effective, a heroic score that evokes ideas of Copland in a way perfectly suited to the film's style and subject matter:
Altogether, I think the importance of a carefully chosen and crafted relationship between sound and visuals is all the more emphasized by examining its uses in these films. What's your favorite movie soundtrack? Share it in the comments!
My favorite score overall is LotR: The Two Towers. It's one of the few soundtracks I have actually purchased. My favorite movie composer though is Hans Zimmer. Some of my all time favorite songs are from him.
Music is such a mood enhancer, and the best scores are the ones you usually don't notice.
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It would have been nice to see a shout out to Thomas Newman.