A movie theme or song is usually referred to as the theme/song played during the opening or closing credits. But a good theme/song is more than simply background music for the credits. Instead, it is the music that represents the overall theme of the movie itself.
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Whenever I post diaries like this -- What is Your Fav TV Sitcom of All-Time? and Snowy TGIF: What is Your Favorite Classic Rock Song -- some of you with dial-up, older pc's, slower processors, not enough RAM, and the like complain that you could not easily scroll through the comments as way too many videos had been posted. If you'd like to post a few favorite videos of movie scenes, feel free to do so but just don't go overboard. Embed one YouTube video and post links to the others.
Example: This is a YouTube link to the theme from Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
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What exactly does well-composed music add to a movie? It can not only greatly enhance a good movie but, importantly, come to define it too
Have you ever seen a great movie and then rushed out and bought its soundtrack? Did the soundtrack bring back the thrill of an action chase? Or the sadness one of the movie's characters felt? Music is a big part of the movie experience. It intensifies the emotions in scenes so that you don't just jump when that hairy spider comes around the corner, you scream!
Whatever type of movie you love, music is an important part of the movie experience. Music adds layers of richness to the visual experience of a movie, and it enhances the storytelling by increasing emotions or by increasing tension in a scene. Scary things feel scarier with the right music! Happier things feel happier, too. Music is also highly structured in time, so it can help keep the audience feeling the same things at the same time, or convey the passage of time, through different tempos, or progressions or changes of instruments.
Sometimes music is central to a movie, becoming almost as big as another character, as in the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, or in the children's animated feature film The Lion King. Other times, the music falls into the background, and simply becomes another element of the movie experience. Either way, music has an influence on how you experience the story, action, drama, setting, characters and emotions of the movie.
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The Original Intro and Theme Song by Isaac Hayes from Shaft (1971)
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Who's the black private dick
That's a sex machine to all the chicks?
SHAFT!
Ya damn right!
Who is the man that would risk his neck
For his brother man?
SHAFT!
Can you dig it?
Who's the cat that won't cop out
When there's danger all about?
SHAFT!
Right On!
They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother
SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft.
THEN WE CAN DIG IT!
He's a complicated man
But no one understands him but his woman
JOHN SHAFT!
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"Gonna Fly Now" - the theme song from Rocky (1976)
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Trying hard now
it's so hard now
trying hard now
Getting strong now
won't be long now
getting strong now
Gonna fly now
flying high now
gonna fly, fly, fly...
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Here are the remaining themes included in the diary poll -- "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's, "Speak Softly Love" from The Godfather, the theme from Beverly Hills Cop, and "Lara's Theme" from Dr. Zhivago.
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What Does Movie Music Do for You?
Hollywood composers are masters of touching emotions with music (and the silent movie pianists before them) and whenever emotions are powerfully touched, the memory is etched and inseparably connected to the music and the emotion. Some of my favorites from childhood (I'm not ashamed to admit) are the Disney tunes like "When You Wish Upon a Star" or "Chim-Chiminee." In my teen years I loved "April Love" and "Lara's Theme" from Dr. Zhivago. I'll always love the theme from "Exodus" and "Bridge on the River Kwai." You get the point, I'm sure. Music affects the mind and the body in as powerful a way as anything I can imagine.
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As usual, I have not included several worthy candidates in the diary poll. I've listed a few more movie themes in my tip jar comment. If your favorite ones are not mentioned anywhere in this diary, please indicate in the comments section. Thanks.