music in movies

During the "silent motion picture" age, music was provided by live orchestra but was regarded as only an accompaniment. Nowadays, music plays an equally, if not, an even more prominent role in movies. If we watch the clips below without sound, we would not have the same experience because music brings out the overall emotions of the clip.

Below I will introduce two of my favorite movie themes of 2010:

TRON: LEGACY
Hands down to the French-duo who simply bring the movie that is already visually stimulating to another level with their soundtrack that will go down in history. I do not think anyone else can make a better soundtrack for Tron: Legacy than Daft Punk. The electric sound blending with orchstral scores gives the viewers a futuristic sound that matches the awe-inspiring CG effects in perfect harmony (pun not intended). I almost started dancing in the theatre.

INCEPTIONOne word: E-P-I-C. Hans Zimmer will go down in history as possibly the most successful movie score composer of the twenty-first century. Inception soundtrack is his best work yet, and I am already looking forward to his mind-blowing sound for the next installment of Batman. The music of Inception not only enhances, but it generates an ever-growing confusion of the mystery of dreams and the puzzling plot.

There's this special connection between music and movies that musical themes are written to "define" the movies themselves so now movie score composers are stepping up to bring the audience deeper into the story. We buy soundtracks because they can reminisce the movies by just listening to it and tap into the world of TRON or the never-ending dreams of Inception.

jw