Skyfall Music Analysis

Movies tend to utilize many different factors to make them unique from other films. One of these factors is music. Most movies contain music in some form or another, whether it be an original score in the background, or a song with vocals, or both. Skyfall contains a musical score but uses a song with vocals only during the opening credits. Music in films in general can be used for symbolism within the movie. For instance, a slow song that creates a melancholy feeling could be played when a main character in the film loses a family member, or close friend, to create a solemn atmosphere. Music can also symbolize a character in the film. Protagonists may have their own theme, while the antagonist also has his or her own. If either character is referenced through word of mouth from another character or through a hint left at a crime scene their theme, or a variation of their theme, may start playing. Another case where

Of course, a 007 film cannot be complete if it does not have the James Bond theme. The original James Bond theme was written in 1962 by Monty Norman. Since then, and throughout all twenty-four 007 films, the theme song has been made into new arrangements. Usually the theme was rearranged to fit with the interests of music at the time of each film's release, or the music style of where the film took place. The film uses its score to foreshadow upcoming events, too. This is obvious at the end of the sixth scene in the film. A television hanging up on the wall in the bar that Bond is in showcases a news channel discussing a terrorist attack in London. As soon as Bond turns around to see the television, and the newscaster says the words "terrorist assault", a low, ominous tone begins to play, building into a melancholy fanfare, as the film cuts to a shot of coffins in London covered with the Union Jack. Obviously, Bond is bound to do something about it