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What Makes Great Film Scores?

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What Makes Great Film Scores?

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Most composers will say that there is no single thing that separates great scores from mediocre ones. Many will say it is important not to overplay. They will say that the purpose of film scores is not to stand out, but to fade into the background. Whether one agrees with that or not, most agree that the music is simply one more way of getting the message of the movie across. Borrowing elements from opera and classical music, such as the leitmotif, film scores can create an emotional response as soon as a character appears on the screen. This effect almost singlehandedly defined the horror genre for decades. The killer’s music caused as much fear in the viewer as did the killer’s actions. Film scores are such an important part of movies that when they are absent, like in The Birds, an entirely different viewing experience occurs.

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