How Important Is Music/ Score in a Movie For You?

[CapedCrusader14]

Incredibly important.

 

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[Warhammer]

Very important. Mood affects everything.

On a tangent here but my biggest pet peeve is when a film uses modern, popular music. It dates the film so bad unless it was deliberate.

 

[Lantern Venom]

I'm not much of a music person, so a movie could never hinge on the score. However, I can think of several instances where the score was the cherry on the sundae or something that I had to tune out for the sake of immersion in the film. It can certainly chance what's unfolding in on the screen, for better or worse.

 

[Kyle]

Would also like to note and mention music is actually sometimes involved and plays a big role in the development of a film as well. Many writers write to music, some actors listen to music that remind them of their characters or directors give them music to help develop the characters (to study or listen to on set prior to a scene), I've even heard of instances where directors would play music before or while (if the scene's going to be silent or silent set to music) filming as well. Basically the importance of music goes beyond what one usually thinks of and has an important role to play throughout as well. As a writer, at least for me I know in terms of development, music is indispensable - it just takes you psychologically where you need to be instantly. So music deserves major props not just for the score but the unsung heroes who inspired the script, actors, and directors that you may never hear, but are really important.

 

[Brother Jack]

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[Kyle]

Lol. Was that the original sounds... What happened to Chewbacca? Lol.

 

[Dr Lee]

Very important IMHO. while it takes skills to kill a movie with the soundtrack.... a well done one can build a movie up massively.

 

[Black Narcissus]

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[dark_b]

that is interesting. not the marvel part. but that while editing they use temp music and then the composer needs to copy that music. it explains why everything is so generic.

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[lime]

I perceive the movie as a human body.

The Director is the Brain
The Actors are the Motor system of the Body.
The crafts are all the organs needed for the body to operate.
The music is the soul!

So the music is VERY important for me.

 

[dark_b]

that is interesting. not the marvel part. but that while editing they use temp music and then the composer needs to copy that music. it explains why everything is so generic.

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a response to those video. also very interesting .

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[Big Al]

I would say it's very important. Movies like Batman Begins wouldn't be the same without it's epic and emotional soundtracks.

 

[mclay18]

that is interesting. not the marvel part. but that while editing they use temp music and then the composer needs to copy that music. it explains why everything is so generic.

The temp track is a curse onto the Hollywood system. Chris Nolan didn't use a temp track for Batman Begins, but did for the next two Batman films. 50-60% of the music in TDK and TDKR is tracked in or slightly rearranged to fit the scenes. At times it draws me out of the movie completely.

Some composers, like Marco Beltrami and Christopher Young, manage to overcome the temp tracking and maintain their own style and voice.

 

[LoganGambit87]

just watched this cool spaghetti western In A Valley Of Violence starring ethan hawke and the score was amazing and imo had a huge impact on the film

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[dark_b]

Hans Zimmer Teaches Film Scoring | Official Trailer
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[redhawk23]

Think of it this way, movies had music before they had dialogue. Other than some Dogme 95 crap, there has scarcely been movies without music.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Super-important. Movies without a good soundtrack feel incomplete. Of course, good soundtrack can't really save a poor movie.

I'm personally not a big fan of subtle soundtracks, that you barely notice, I love it when music dominates in a movie. Conan the Barbarian, Robocop, Blade Runner, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Batman movies have very memorable music and melodies.

 

[fancyarcher]

one of my biggest gripes is the music that is bad and can almost ruin the movie. I remember when I saw Robocop 2 in summer of 90 and I was like the movie is good but the music sucks which was funny as the teaser had the score from part 1 in it.



but then there are scores that at first I did not care for but I grew to like em more later on like the score for Goldeneye. most people don't know but the classic scene with the tank featuring a traditional 007 score was not the original track, here it is dubbed over the scene.

I enjoy Robocop 2, but it's essentially Rossenman repeating Star Trek: The Voyage Home, which was already a repeat of his LOTR score, like a lot of his late 70's and 80's scores.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Massively important. A great score can move me to tears.

 

[fancyarcher]

It's very important, especially for creating the mood and feel of the film. Some movies don't even have a score per-say, and instead rely on background songs (Goodfellas being a great example), while others have a score, but it's very short, and only meant to be there to serve specific scenes.

I don't expect a dramatic score to have bombastic music, but I do expect a blockbuster to have memorable "big" music. One of my problems with the current film industry is the amount of Zimmer clones or composers forced to adapt to his style is ruining everything, and making film music way too samesy. What happened to a films having good melodies?

Back in the 70's, 80's, and 90's even the worse of films could usually have a good / great score. Nowadays not so much.

 

[mclay18]

The quality of the score can really elevate a movie. The late Jerry Goldsmith was the king of elevating bad movies with fantastic scores attached.

James Horner, another deceased composer, was another. He wrote an incredible score for the cult movie Krull, which made a bad film enjoyable. "Ride of the Firemares" is one of the best cues Horner has written.

 

[kguillou]

That's true. The Supergirl movie form the 80's actually had a great score and made the film enjoyable to me (even though that movie is just all kinds of bad filmmaking).

 

[Dave McFly]

I agree 1000%, even tho it is a guilty pleasure mostly cause Helen was so awesome as Kara/Supergirl but the score is awesome. I always loved how they play part of William's theme when you see a Superman poster on Lucy's wall in their dorm room.

 

[DA_Champion]

I watched Braveheart on the plane a couple days ago.

A great musical score contributed to a great movie.