Emotions of the music keys
The scores in the film have not immense complexity, for example, Bathroom Dance is a steady and constant tone composition with ominous strings. Let us consider the Joker's soundtrack, which earned Hildur Guðnadóttir an Oscar for best original music. Music can substitute what words are not capable to express. Finally, it is the communicating link between the screen and the audience, reaching out and enveloping all into one single experience - Bernard Herrmann * It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry. It can propel narrative swiftly forward, or slow it down. It can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety, or misery. I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters. Also, it can help us understand what a character is feeling without the need to be explicit about it.
In other words, music is an emotional bridge between a person and the world, influencing and conducting our perception.įor instance, music in a film induces us to think of a scene as happy or sad. Well, there is a link between musical patterns and emotional stimulation. How can a song connect with your most intimate feelings and affect the way you react to a particular experience? Have you ever experienced being enormously moved by a song that you have never listened to before? The emotional depth in the album, particularly Bathroom Dance, made me wonder what aspects make a song a catalyst of emotions. When I heard that, I immediately looked for the album and listened to it carefully.
Joker's soundtrack earned Hildur Guðnadóttir an Oscar for best original music.