The Outline Of Film Music

Outline

Thesis: With a one in a million chance of becoming extremely successful, being a composer means creating an emotion for the music and being responsible for the mood that will be felt while listening to it.

I. Music composition combines instruments together in a harmonic melody to create something new.

a. Audio means "I listen." In many African languages, they only have one word for "music" and "magic" (Brennan 1-2).

i. "Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand" (Wonder 1).

1. Stevie Wonder wrote "Sir Duke" about a jazz pianist who played a large influence in Wonder's life ("Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder" 1). ii. "We could ask significant questions; we could get important points across" (Bowen 1)

1. [title of show] gives a play by play of the process two aspiring artists encountered while writing their very own musical.

b. Film music should move the storyline forward and draw in the audience. It should also suggest emotions (Chatfield 3).

c. A song in a musical portrays a dramatic element that can help develop a character or move along a storyline (Kenrick 2).

II. Hundreds of years ago, music started out raw and completely natural, but liberated by strict laws.

a. Earliest written music comes from 12th century troubadours, but stayed mainly connected to the church, and had a religious basis ("History of Classical Music" 1).

i. Since composers stayed sponsored by the church, they had to be religiously motivated (Ferguson 29). ii. Rules of formality and strictness governed composer to use correct rhythms and melodies ("History of Classical Music" 1).

b. Music composition became individual expression in the late 15th century. The writing of music began to change music history (Ferguson 29).

i. Composers ...

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...gh music, the only language they both speak (Patchett).

i. Ann Patchett wrote Bel Canto in 2001 (Patchett). ii. The novel won an award for fiction (Patchett).

b. In the novel Doctor Faustus, Adrian Leverkühn convicts an outstanding music composer who played at the "edge of impossibility," describing the biggest concerns when focusing on bringing music to the next level (Mann).

i. Written by German writer Thomas Man, John E. Woods translated Doctor Faustus into English (Mann).

c. The biggest concern these days involves the music's affect. It can swell up inside the body and toy with the sense. It's hard to even begin to explain what music does to your mental and physical being (Rodriguez).

d. "Finding the first note is never the problem - the world is full of sounds, all we need to do is pick them up - but finding the second note is the real challenge" (Brennan 4)!