Sound- District 9

Discuss the various dramatic uses of music in film.

Music in film makes it more dramatic depending on what the genre is. In the movie District 9, Neil Blomkamp incorporated a really great soundtrack. In the scenes where the action became stronger, the music increased in volume and intensity. In sad scenes, the music was soft and soothing.

In almost if not every movie, music is a great factor. It is very important to match up the mood of the scene to the music. If the mood of the scene is more suptle and gentle, the music is more emotional and soft spoken. For example, in the last scene of District 9 where Sharlto Copley realizes that he cannot go with the alien who promised to fix his arm and turn him back into a human, he is happy to see them fly back to their galaxy in the shuttle. During this time, the music speaks with great passion and emotion of happiness but sorrow. Most of the movie though speaks with great action and blustering music accompanied with loud sound effects. This genre of music and action in return has you sitting at the edge of your seat.

I think in any movie it is very important to incorporate the dramatic uses of music in the type of acting that is being filmed. Neil Blomkamp and his sound and tech workers did a fantastic job at creating these scenes in such great enthusiasm and character with the backround music and noise.

The different types of music that is played in films consist of orchestra, classical, pop, rock, western, and r&b/rap.