Take a Look

While doing more searches about movies and music I ran across this book called BEYOND THE SOUNDTRACK: REPRESENTING MUSIC IN CINEMA by Jan Baetens. This book takes a very intense look at the effect of music in cinema. The author touches on the importance that music has in shaping the experience of film. The book claims that film music is at its best when it goes unnoticed making it out to be an essential element to the proper development of the film. It might be hard to understand now but try watching a scene from a movie without the sound. You might notice a change. But sometimes you don’t need music to express the mood but you must also realize that the absence of music is important because of the presence of music if that makes any sense.

Here is a scene from one of the movie’s I adore, Jerry Maguire. If you listen closely in the scene you might noctice a little music playing in the background. It can easily go unnoticed.


And of course one of the most famous parts of the movie is show below. But notice the feel of the scene.



Some might feel like music would have ruined the scene. I think it’s just fine the way it is but there are parts in the movie that would not have been right without the background music.