Film Score

Film
Score Assignment

Choose one film of your own (or select one of the classics
listed below). After viewing the film,
select four scenes and describe what emotions/thoughts/actions are enhanced by
the music in these scenes and what, in the music, what makes this evident. (PLEASE AVOID FILMS THAT ARE “MUSICAL” in
nature or where music is the story itself.
For Example – don’t use “The Greatest Showman” “Bohemian Rhapsody” etc. In film scores, the story comes first, then
the music.
Your essay should be 2 pages in length with a sample format
looking like this:

Your Name ____________________
Date _________________________
Movie
Title
Paragraph 1: Give an
example of why you chose this film
Paragraph 2: List
time and scene action, e.g. 5:56 minutes into the movie (car
chase). Give a description of the music’s
effectiveness in portraying the emotions/actions/thoughts of the moment. What did the composer do and/or what
instruments did he/she use to make that happen?
Paragraph 3: 25:33
minutes into the movie (moments before a crash scene). Ditto as above
Paragraph 4: 28:00
minutes into the movie (crash scene).
Ditto as above
Paragraph 5: 65:13
minutes into the movie (ship sinking into the murky waters). Ditto as above.
Paragraph 6: Give a
detailed personal reaction to the entire film and the effectiveness of the film
score in intensifying the message throughout the film. Did you sit through the final credits to see
what other music may have been used? Was
the music throughout only written for this film or did the music come from
other sources? Based on the music score,
would you recommend this film to a classmate?

Citizen Kane (1941) with film director Orson Welles
Psycho (1960) hair raising suspense with film director
Alfred Hitchcock
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1852) big budget sentimental
romance with Gregory Peck
Taxi Driver (1976) sleazy urban realism with film director
Martin Scorsese
Fahrenheit 451 (1966) futuristic science fiction with
Francis Truffaut
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) with Joseph Mankiewiez
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) drama, sci-fi with
director, Robert Wise

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