Film Score Music

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themes and sub themes have been
created with specific ideas in mind and have been put in place only to add to
the story and the characters. It is also important to acknowledge that the
evolution into the type of film scoring that we are accustomed to today was not
a quick or easy transition. It has taken almost a century to develop the
specific techniques that are used in todays films. When the first moving
pictures were seen they were known as silent films, although they were not
actually silent. They contained a very primitive type of musical accompaniment
that laid the foundation for what was to later develop. As time passed the type
of music found in films developed into a fine art containing specific
guidelines and techniques that most composers tend to follow. The average
person does not usually pay astute attention to the music that is being used in
a film, however, if it were to not be there the films would seem empty and as if
something was missing. The ...

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hired to play in the musical concerts that evening. Because the
musicians were already there they were asked if they would play along with the
film. In the Vaudeville houses there was no specific place for them to sit so
they sat seated at the front , in front of the screen. Even after theatres were
built to show the moving pictures a space was created at the front where the
musicians were to sit. Because the musicians were inexperienced with
accompanying films they played what they liked or what they knew. This made it
uncommon that the music actually fit with the action on the screen. The
musicians paid little attention to the film and played arbitrarily. This meant
that often a ...

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