Amadeus ': Bedridden Mozart's Requiem'

Another example in Amadeus is the final scene in which Salieri helps a bedridden Mozart to write Requiem. Competition here again shows Mozart’s incredible talent in comparison with even the head court composer of Emperor Joseph II’s court. Mozart is dictating the notes of a musical arrangement so complex that it leads Salieri to admit he doesn’t even understand what Mozart is trying to say. When he finally understands, the scenes that follow plays the Requiem in the background and ends off with Mozart dying after seeing his wife and child for the last time and leaving the Requiem unfinished.

In Saturday Night Fever, Tony and Stephanie dance to a Bee Gees song, More than a Woman, forget their choreographed dance and end up having a romantic

Usually, a composer will first see the film and then write music overlaying the various scenes in order to create a musical arrangement that matches what is being seen on screen in order to give the film a sense of continuity. Amadeus is a film based on the life and music of an existing composer. Therefore, it was only arranging the music that was necessary for the film. The neutral background music used to fill those empty spots in the background mentioned by Copland was also composed by

In Amadues, Mozart clearly was unmatched in his musical skill although many colleagues in his life seemed to have disrupted his level of success. Salieri, one of the main perpetrators and rival as well as greatest fan of Mozart continually attempted to better him unsuccessfully. In Saturday Night Fever, Tony defeats the internal competition and transitions from boyhood to manhood through music and dance. The variety of musical techniques used by the director and musical director was shown to help the viewer gain a fuller idea of the trends and beliefs of the time, the psychology, and the mood of the