Music is a very integral part of story-telling in any movie. The picture running on screen can capture the viewer’s vision and attention but an apt musical piece will enthrall the very mind of the viewer immersing him right inside it – straight to the character.
An OST (Original soundtrack) or Music From The Motion Picture is a collection of a theme, its variations and other instrumental pieces played in the background of any scene in a movie. It defines the emotion that is being expressed by the character on screen – the emotion that the director wants his audience to feel so as to make them connect well to the movie. And this is what the right music does – it can bring tears to your eyes, fear to your nerves and a hope to your mind.
Take for example
the theme from Titanic (1997) (Music - James Horner) – a single theme music sung in different voice variations and instruments alone captures the love of Jack and Rose (Rose, The Portrait) as well as the gloom of its survivors (Never An Absolution). The title theme of King Kong (2005) (Music - James Newton Howard) a mere 60 second piece takes you to the deep and dangerous forests of Skull Island but “Central Park” from the same OST beautifully reflects Kong’s love in an alien world for one single human being without saying a word.
The tinkling theme with which Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone (2002) raises a beautiful curiosity about the magical world of Hogwarts from Harry’s vision gives an hint of battle between terror and courage when played for Harry Potter And The Order of Th
e Phoenix (2007). Disney Pixar’s Ratatouille’s (2007) (Music - Michael Giacchino) theme inspires in you hope despite all odds – like it does in movie for Remy and Linguini but Up! (2009) (Music - Michael Giacchino) which comes from same animation house has a theme to remind of a lost relationship that still brings joy and tears to Carl’s eyes and eventually yours too.
The theme by
John Williams for E.T. (1982) reflects the innocent friendship of E.T. with a human child but the same musician gave theme for Jurassic Park (1993) which extensively captured man’s pride and victory over nature alongwith an anticipated excitement of finding the extinct creatures back on earth and “moving in herds”!
Of course, the list is endless. The above references covered just a few of the many, often unknown and unrealised sentiments that a movie can make you feel with the right musical note - excitement, joy, gloom, hope or dread being the most common ones.
No doubt, you have to be a real movie buff to let the soundtrack (sorry, after all this, I’ll prefer soul track) spread over you. People often take no note of a playing instrumental piece in the background thoroughly stunned by what’s presented to them on screen but a consecutive watch simply makes them realise that what’s unseen on the screen has truly enhanced the beauty of what’s seen on the screen.
To put it in short, it might not be wrong to say that an OST is to the mind what 3d effect is to the eyes. Both make a viewer’s experience almost as real as life itself...
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An OST (Original soundtrack) or Music From The Motion Picture is a collection of a theme, its variations and other instrumental pieces played in the background of any scene in a movie. It defines the emotion that is being expressed by the character on screen – the emotion that the director wants his audience to feel so as to make them connect well to the movie. And this is what the right music does – it can bring tears to your eyes, fear to your nerves and a hope to your mind.
Take for example
the theme from Titanic (1997) (Music - James Horner) – a single theme music sung in different voice variations and instruments alone captures the love of Jack and Rose (Rose, The Portrait) as well as the gloom of its survivors (Never An Absolution). The title theme of King Kong (2005) (Music - James Newton Howard) a mere 60 second piece takes you to the deep and dangerous forests of Skull Island but “Central Park” from the same OST beautifully reflects Kong’s love in an alien world for one single human being without saying a word.The tinkling theme with which Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone (2002) raises a beautiful curiosity about the magical world of Hogwarts from Harry’s vision gives an hint of battle between terror and courage when played for Harry Potter And The Order of Th
e Phoenix (2007). Disney Pixar’s Ratatouille’s (2007) (Music - Michael Giacchino) theme inspires in you hope despite all odds – like it does in movie for Remy and Linguini but Up! (2009) (Music - Michael Giacchino) which comes from same animation house has a theme to remind of a lost relationship that still brings joy and tears to Carl’s eyes and eventually yours too.The theme by
John Williams for E.T. (1982) reflects the innocent friendship of E.T. with a human child but the same musician gave theme for Jurassic Park (1993) which extensively captured man’s pride and victory over nature alongwith an anticipated excitement of finding the extinct creatures back on earth and “moving in herds”!Of course, the list is endless. The above references covered just a few of the many, often unknown and unrealised sentiments that a movie can make you feel with the right musical note - excitement, joy, gloom, hope or dread being the most common ones.
No doubt, you have to be a real movie buff to let the soundtrack (sorry, after all this, I’ll prefer soul track) spread over you. People often take no note of a playing instrumental piece in the background thoroughly stunned by what’s presented to them on screen but a consecutive watch simply makes them realise that what’s unseen on the screen has truly enhanced the beauty of what’s seen on the screen.
To put it in short, it might not be wrong to say that an OST is to the mind what 3d effect is to the eyes. Both make a viewer’s experience almost as real as life itself...
Meet Thakar
meet.thakar@yahoo.com
FORESHADOW PICTURES
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