DivingInSpace
Senior Member
Hello everyone!
I will be teaching a High School class about the use of Liet Motifs and Themes in film music (+ a bit of perspective back to the opera of cause) friday next week, and i am starting to figure out some good examples. I wanna show them how music can be used to tell us things that are not necessarily clear from picture alone, how it conveys feelings, thoughts and helps us understand that danger and/or help is near. There are lots of great examples on this like the use of the shire theme in the hobbit to portray the longing for home, the theme from Jaws to warn us about the shark lurking underneath, the love theme from Star Wars (and Super Man) etc.
These are all good, but as usually when talking about film music and themes, it ends up mainly as a huge "John Williams-jerking session", which is why i am asking you for your favorite examples of the use of themes and liet motifs in film! Of cause something that High School students have a chance of having heard before, but something that goes outside the usual Williams and Howard Shore ones. I am considering some examples from game of thrones, but am afraid it is too early to incorporate major GoT spoilers in High School classes haha.
Thanks a lot!
I will be teaching a High School class about the use of Liet Motifs and Themes in film music (+ a bit of perspective back to the opera of cause) friday next week, and i am starting to figure out some good examples. I wanna show them how music can be used to tell us things that are not necessarily clear from picture alone, how it conveys feelings, thoughts and helps us understand that danger and/or help is near. There are lots of great examples on this like the use of the shire theme in the hobbit to portray the longing for home, the theme from Jaws to warn us about the shark lurking underneath, the love theme from Star Wars (and Super Man) etc.
These are all good, but as usually when talking about film music and themes, it ends up mainly as a huge "John Williams-jerking session", which is why i am asking you for your favorite examples of the use of themes and liet motifs in film! Of cause something that High School students have a chance of having heard before, but something that goes outside the usual Williams and Howard Shore ones. I am considering some examples from game of thrones, but am afraid it is too early to incorporate major GoT spoilers in High School classes haha.
Thanks a lot!