We all have a few favorite movies that are remembered and loved not only by the plot but also for some other important components of a good film. Every carefully selected phrase, characteristic acting manner and memorable sound make us sometimes almost forget the movie but keep remembering a saying from it, a behavioral pattern or a song.
Music is by far one of the most important elements that can become key to the success of a certain film work. But as time shows, old film music was way more sophisticated compared to what is offered by the modern cinematography. And the problem to this is what is referred to as ‘temp music’. A notion that makes all major scenes in different film sound almost same and thus not memorable.
Let’s say you are asked to sing some tune from the Pink Panther. No doubt, the first thing you’d remember and reproduce would be the famous to-do, to-do, to-do, to-do, to-doo, the theme composed by Henri Mancini. Or, asked to sing something from a James Bond movie, you would unmistakably come up with the few recognizable notes of the theme.
However, if we take some of the contemporary films like those made by Marvel studio (great films, though!), we might find ourselves at a loss, since hardly anyone would remember a popular brand piece of music from them. Symphonic music is getting widely sampled and is roaming from one film to another, losing the power of its influence on the viewer. The video below describes this problem in detail and I would like you to watch it too. I think that but for it, I would not pay any attention to this issue, for so smooth and unnoticeable this transition has been made.
Music is by far one of the most important elements that can become key to the success of a certain film work. But as time shows, old film music was way more sophisticated compared to what is offered by the modern cinematography. And the problem to this is what is referred to as ‘temp music’. A notion that makes all major scenes in different film sound almost same and thus not memorable.
Let’s say you are asked to sing some tune from the Pink Panther. No doubt, the first thing you’d remember and reproduce would be the famous to-do, to-do, to-do, to-do, to-doo, the theme composed by Henri Mancini. Or, asked to sing something from a James Bond movie, you would unmistakably come up with the few recognizable notes of the theme.
However, if we take some of the contemporary films like those made by Marvel studio (great films, though!), we might find ourselves at a loss, since hardly anyone would remember a popular brand piece of music from them. Symphonic music is getting widely sampled and is roaming from one film to another, losing the power of its influence on the viewer. The video below describes this problem in detail and I would like you to watch it too. I think that but for it, I would not pay any attention to this issue, for so smooth and unnoticeable this transition has been made.
