Music in films has great power and influence over the tone of a sequence, a scene, or a film. It is exciting to analyze how music is chosen specifically, or film scored explicitly written for a movie to give the audience context emotional response and information when watching the movie.
Create a Convincing Atmosphere
This boils down to the style. Whether you are a western movie or a film set in the ’20s or a sci-fi adventure flick, you can already imagine what kind of music will go with these kinds of films. Scores will help to orient your audience within the place and time in which they find themselves watching the movie. One interesting technique is switching it up, then going against convention. For instance, a 90s song can be used in a scene that takes place in the 1700s.
Build Continuity
You can use music to connect certain scenes together to make a sequence and also as an indicator- something that tells your audience to anticipate something that was shown in a different scene with the same music. This way, film scores help to build some sense of continuity in the movie.
Silence Filler
At times you want to fill the silence with music for things not to be uncomfortable since silence can be uncomfortable when watching a movie. You can, however, do this successfully by ensuring the music is not noticeable.
Underline Something Psychological
It could be danger lurking or something a character is not saying, music will alert your audience of the unseen things. For example, you may sometimes be watching a scene where there is a danger looming for a given character. You may not see the danger as yet, but the music can tell you when there is imminent danger in the scene.
Give a Sense of Finality
Music can also be used to indicate the end of an event in a film. If you are using music for this purpose, then you need to speak to the conclusion, and the closure of the scene contains. This is one of the most practical uses of film scores. Music will help you finalize major events in the film.
Film scores may be existing songs or songs written specifically for the film. Either way, these are some of the roles that they play in movies.
