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"The Power of Screen Music"

Loïc's Lecture Series

 

 

The most successful films of all times are also the most popular soundtracks.

It's too obvious to stay considered as a coincidence.

For more than a century, the direct link exitsing between the success of a film, its longevity and the quality of its soundtrack has been prooved many many times

Music in films shouldn't be an "on the side" element while it can be so helpful, useful when used pro-actively.

 

Lectures Content

The lecture content is entirely adaptable to the audience and the time allowed.

 

Discover the first time music has been used in films.

Follow the evolution of screen music along the centuries and you'll understand better what international screen music is today.

 

Is screen music really that influential?

Does it really influence our minds and control our feelings, our emotions and even our judgement?

Break the secret codes and find out what makes screen music have such power on our perceptions.

 

You follow, step by step, a screen composer journey from the screenplay to the final score.

Discover the tricks screen composers use into their melodies, rhythms and orchestrations to transcribe frames into sounds.

 

Directors and filmmakers, this chapter is for you.

It explains every possible use of screen music into your films.

How may Screen Music serve the action, the situation, the character and reach your expectations...

But, MOST OF ALL, in this chapter, you'll discover how screen music can multiply by 2

the depth of your film by expressing what the frames couldn't show.

 

Medias Content:

The lectures are illustrated by more than 35 audio/video examples such as:

Film Title: Year Director Composer

- Appolo XIII

- Spiderman

- The Abyss

- Braveheart

- Charlie and the chocolate factory

- Gladiator

- Jaws

- The Last Emperor

- The Lord of the rings

- Matrix Reloaded

- Planet of the Apes

- Starwars

- Psycho

- The Modern Times

- The day after tomorrow

- Mr. & Ms. Smith

- The Mask of Zorro

- Troy

- War of the worlds

- ...

1995

2002

1989

1995

2005

2000

1975

1987

2001

2003

2001

1977

1960

1936

2004

2005

1998

2004

2005

Ron Howard

Sam Raimi

James Cameron

Mel Gibson

Tim Burton

Ridely Scott

Steven Spielberg

Bernardo Bertolucci

Peter Jackson

Andy Wachowski

Tim Burton

Georges Lucas

Alfred Hitchcock

Charlie Chaplin

Roland Emmerich
Doug Limann

Martin Campbell

Wolfgang Petersen

Steven Spielberg

James Horner

Dany Elfman

Alan Silvestri

James Horner

Dany Elfman

Hans Zimmer

John Williams

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Howard Shore

Don Davis

Dany Elfman

John Williams

Bernard Herrmann

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H. Kloser/T. Wanker

John Powell

James Horner

James Horner

John Williams

 

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