The effects of Music in the Movies

by Du Fang, Yang Xiao, Wen Xi Xian, Zhou Bin, Zhao Kun

Music is to movies what salt is to food. Can you imagine watching a film without any tunes playing in the background? The emotional content would be missing in the atmosphere which normally sets the right mood and tone for the movie.

In some movies, music plays an important and central role. These are called musicals where characters burst out into songs and sometimes they even dance. In the movie, “Singing in the Rain” the hero bursts out into a song and dance routine in the rain after he meets the heroine to express his joy. It is a very moving scene and the songs make the movie special.

Background music helps the actor and actresses express themselves better and conveys their inner thoughts and emotions. In this way the music in the movies are almost a kind of language. Often the body language of the characters together with the background music express more than the words themselves.

The third most important effect that music has on a movie is that the music that was made popular with the success of the movie than becomes more popular than the movie itself. Some movies are remembered not so much for the stories but for its beautiful songs. We may not remember every segment of the movie Forest Gump but most will remember the music played in the background. Even the songs heard on television in the background are memorable.

Music really plays a fundamental role in movies. A good movie tends to have appropriate and suitable music that have haunting songs that help to convey the main themes of the movie.