you want to go for a ride [Music] music an intricate language of emotions told through soft lonely melodies and beautiful sonatas transcending all barriers of language age and culture it often speaks directly to our hearts in a manner we don't always understand but our emotions do music can recall a happy moment in our life and fill us with joy [Applause] [Music] or one of melancholy leading us to tears [Music] this unique ability of music paired with the art of filmmaking has created powerful new mediums of storytelling that lead to innovative and profound experiences on the
big screen [Music] today we journey back in time to see how it all began in the history of music in film before the 1930s when the first talking films were produced talkies as they came to be called all films were completely silent with no dialogue or sound effects the addition of music in films is speculated to have been for several reasons but primarily it was to add depth to what the audience members were watching some films had full orchestras or pianists who were given books with ideas for the music to play but this was mostly
just a starting point leading to the musicians mostly improvising to help convey the mood or events of the scene so when chaplain's character fell they'd accompany that event with the appropriate music [Music] the first official film to have a score written specifically for it was the birth of a nation in 1915. d.w griffith not only directed the film but also composed the music this was a small step toward the soundtracks that accompany movies today during the 1930s with talking pictures becoming progressively more common music once again became vital to the theater experience at first the
music mostly adhered to the traditions of old using compiled classic music primarily from the 19th century this soon gave way to the advent of original scores and in 1933 max steiner wrote the first completely original score for king kong at first composers continue to focus on their music reinforcing the events on screen but toward the end of the decade some composers began to experiment with how they could support the film's plot and its characters doubly sure you do not fail bring back her heart in this [Music] the next three decades saw more advancement as composers
continued to refine their craft and new forms of music broke into the film industry [Music] bernard herrmann was an influential composer in the 1940s who broke many barriers and created new traditions that enhance the viewing experience of film he worked closely with legendary directors such as orson welles and alfred hitchcock scoring many of their biggest films including citizen kane and psycho his final film soundtrack and the last work he completed was his somber score for taxi driver directed by martin scorsese he is famously known for his use of ostinato short repeating patterns which give his
music a unique ability to portray character traits not obvious from other elements in the film hermann subscribed to the belief that the best film music should be able to stand on its own legs when detached from the film from which it was originally written ah you take a stick in the 50s and 60s jazz found a new home in the mainstream of film genres while it had been used for musicals and animated films prior this helped to contemporize things and also offer a low-cost production as few musicians were required to compose in 1977 john williams
scored star wars this revived the classical scoring technique used by the likes of max steiner and bernard herman williams created full score for the entire franchise with memorable themes and motifs such as luke's theme synthesized sound made its way into films in the 80s and 90s making it possible to score an entire film with only one performer film scoring underwent another evolution and adapted to the new technologies today original soundtracks are more prevalent and powerful than ever thanks to these pioneers and the technological advances over the decades [Music] music is used to form an emotional
connection to the audience and convey the subtext of each moment composers can now empower directors to new heights as their vision could be supported by a masterfully scored soundtrack composers such as hans zimmer [Music] howard shore [Music] rameen jawadi [Music] rupert craigs and williams [Music] max richter [Music] and bear mccreary are as famous and sought after as directors winning academy awards emmys and grammys for their work it was always meant to be music and film together they've created for us a lifetime of enrapturing stories and experiences as far back as mankind goes there remains two
things unchanged by time the power of story and the emotion of music [Music] [Music] you
