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A Theory of Film Music

Dan Golding - Video Essays
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This video essay is a response to the Every Frame A Painting video, 'The Marvel Symphonic Universe':    • The Marvel Symphonic Universe   Should film music be original? That's a question that goes right back to the earliest of film sound. But with new technology came changes - and just maybe, the answer to why all Marvel films seem to have forgettable music. This video was made by Dan Golding:   / dangolding   For educational purposes only. All credit to Tony Zhou for his incredible channel, and for finally getting me motivated enough to make a video essay. Archival and interview footage: John Williams conducts The Empire Strikes Back:    • Video   Hans Zimmer talks The Dark Knight Rises: http://soundworkscollection.com/video... Hans Zimmer: the making of Interstellar:    • Hans Zimmer - making of INTERSTELLAR ...   Man Of Steel Soundtrack - Percussion:    • Man of Steel Official Soundtrack | Be...   The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio S …...more
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A Theory of Film Music
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2016Sep 15
This video essay is a response to the Every Frame A Painting video, 'The Marvel Symphonic Universe':    • The Marvel Symphonic Universe   Should film music be original? That's a question that goes right back to the earliest of film sound. But with new technology came changes - and just maybe, the answer to why all Marvel films seem to have forgettable music. This video was made by Dan Golding:   / dangolding   For educational purposes only. All credit to Tony Zhou for his incredible channel, and for finally getting me motivated enough to make a video essay. Archival and interview footage: John Williams conducts The Empire Strikes Back:    • Video   Hans Zimmer talks The Dark Knight Rises: http://soundworkscollection.com/video... Hans Zimmer: the making of Interstellar:    • Hans Zimmer - making of INTERSTELLAR ...   Man Of Steel Soundtrack - Percussion:    • Man of Steel Official Soundtrack | Be...   The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star:    • The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio ...   Academy Awards 1936:    • Academy Awards Out-takes 1936   Pierre Boulez conducts The Rite of Spring:    • Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky's T...   S. Rachmaninov. Symphony 1:    • S. Rachmaninov. Symphony no. 1 / Серг...   Adorno about Popular Music:    • Adorno about Popular Music (now with ...   John Williams conducts The Force Awakens:    • Video   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe:    • Video   The Searchers:    • The Searchers: John Wayne returns to ...   Music Cues and film score excerpts: John Williams - Let There Be Light (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) Hans Zimmer - Message From Home (Interstellar) King's Row - Erich Wolfgang Korngold How The West Was Won - Alfred Newman Star Wars - John Williams 2001: A Space Odyssey - Strauss: Also Spruck Zarathustra Troy - James Horner Enemy At The Gates - James Horner Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan - James Horner Avatar - James Horner Inception - Hans Zimmer Driving Miss Daisy - Hans Zimmer Chinatown - Jerry Goldsmith Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Hans Zimmer The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer Man of Steel - Hans Zimmer All films and music owned by their respective rights holders.

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Dan Golding - Video Essays

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