film music year 9. can you guess what films these are from? tracks: tracks:1.2.3.4.5
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Learning Outcomes from this Module Learn about different film composers Learn about different film composers Learn how to compose different types of music for different films Learn how to compose different types of music for different films Learn about features of film music Learn about features of film musicTRANSCRIPT
Film Music
Year 9
Can you guess what films these are from?
Tracks:1.2.3.4.5.
Learning Outcomes from this Module
Learn about different film composersLearn how to compose different
types of music for different filmsLearn about features of film music
Danny Elfman
Danny ElfmanHas written film scores
All the music in a film, including songs and underscore
Underscore: the music in a film that you don’t always notice – it builds atmosphere and timbre
Sound effects: Are sometimes part of the music, to make it sound more dramatic
A Film Score is different to a soundtrack
Soundtrack:May have songs in that aren’t just
written for the filmThey might have been released before
by other artistsQuentin Tarantino uses soundtracks, not
film scores e.g. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs
Moulin Rouge uses a soundtrack
Danny ElfmanAmericanComposes for Tim Burton films
Danny ElfmanGrammy for Batman musicEmmy for Desperate Housewives
music4 Academy Award nominations
Danny ElfmanBoth parents were teachersGrew up in LADropped out of high schoolTravelled to France busking, then to
AfricaCaught malariaWas in a rock group called Oingo
Boingo – lead singer until they broke up
Now has impaired hearing because of the loud music from his rock band
Danny ElfmanJust finished the music to Tim
Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, releasing in March 2010
Opening titles to video game Fable and Fable II
Soundtrack to 2008 Lego Batman game
How is the music similar?Simpsons and Desperate Housewives
Both have very full textures (lots happening at the same time)
Both quite fastFit in well with what is happening on screenBoth sound very heavenly and dreamlikeLots of percussion in both (xylophone,
glockenspiel, snare drum, cymbals, triangle, etc.)
How is it different to Men in Black?
MiB has no melody lineMiB fits on-screen well, but is less
interesting without the visual imageLess happening all at the same time,
thinner texturesThe atmosphere is different,
changing the timbre… how?
What are we learning today?How film composers begin
composing to filmsHistory of Hans Zimmer, film
composerUnderstanding how to apply film
music knowledge to a film itself
HOMEWORKResearch either Hans Zimmer or
Danny Elfman, design a poster to show information about him, music he has done, and your opinion of the films he has composed to, and the music.
DUE IN: TUESDAY 17TH MARCH
Can you guess what films these are from?
Tracks:1.2.3.4.5.
Who composed to these films/TV shows?
DANNY ELFMAN
Hans Zimmer
How do you compose to film music?
Once a draft of the film has been done, the composer is given a rough cut
Spotting: discussion with the director about each scene, genres, styles of music, and the atmosphere and emotion in each scene, and what the director wants
Once the composer has the whole film, he can then write the film score
MIDI Mock Up: Film composers use computers to compose – they can mark the time of each important thing that happens in the scene and match it along with the film, to see if the music suits.
Once the music is complete, an orchestra is hired to perform and record the music in a studio, normally with the composer conducting.
There is a big screen with the scene on behind the orchestra, so the composer can time the music perfectly.
Hans ZimmerBorn in Germany, moved to London
as a teenagerUsed to write jingles for some
advertsWas in a band called Buggles,
playing the keyboardFamous for using traditional
orchestra instruments with electronic sounds
Hans ZimmerComposed over 100 film scores7 Academy Awards7 Grammy Awards9 Golden Globe Awards
Hans ZimmerHow does Pirates of the Caribbean
and Lion King sound similar?
Can you guess what films these are from?
Tracks:1.2.3.4.5.
Quentin Tarantino
What composer did all of these films?
The SimpsonsDesperate HousewivesSpiderman 2Men in BlackCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryThe Corpse BrideNightmare Before Christmas
DANNY ELFMAN
John Williams
What composer did music to these films?
Pirates of the CaribbeanMission Impossible: 2The Dark KnightKung Fu PandaThe Simpsons MovieShark TaleThunderbirdsMadagascar and Madagascar2
HANS ZIMMER
Can you guess what films these are from?
Tracks:1.2.3.4.5.
James Horner
Different types of music in film scenes…
Diegetic music: when you are watching a scene where a piano is being played, the characters can hear it, and you can hear it.
Non-diegetic music: when there is music in the scene that the characters can’t hear, and you can’t see it being played.
James HornerBorn in LAUses lots of Celtic musical elements,
like using the recorder, tin whistle and turns
Began playing the piano at 5 years old
Accused for stealing music from other composer’s works, as well as reusing his own work in different films
James HornerComposed the music for the new film
Avatar (release date: 2009)2 Academy Awards3 Grammy Awards2 Golden Globe Awards3 Satellite Awards
What are the Similarities and differences in The Spiderwick
Chronicles and TitanicTempoDynamicsTexturePitchInstrumentsAnything else…
Which composer did music to these films?
The Spiderwick ChroniclesThe Legend of ZorroTroyTitanicJumanji
JAMES HORNER
Jerry Goldsmith
What composer has done the music to these films?
JawsStar WarsSupermanETHarry PotterHome AloneHook
JOHN WILLIAMS
Howard Shore
Which composer did the music to these films?
The Lord of the RingsKing Kong
HOWARD SHORE
Which composer did the music to these films?
Star TrekBad GirlsKingdom of Heaven
JERRY GOLDSMITH