The Music in The Cinema

THE MUSIC
IN
CINEMA
Ramón Bueno
17/11/2022
Index
History of Soundtrack…………………………………….… page 3
The influence of Music………………………………………page 4
Hans Zimmer……………………………………………..…. page 5
Awards……………………………………………………..… page 6
Conclusion and Bibliography…………………………….....page 7

Music in the cinema is understood as all music created to
accompany a scene or a cinematographic narration.
“Music must supplant what the actors can’t say, it can make their feelings
understood, and it must contribute what words are not capable of expressing”
Bernard Herrmann- 1960- 1970
History of soundtrack
A soundtrack is the set of sounds or songs from a movie. It is usually linked to the
music of a movie or a video game.
The First film with soundtrack, in 1908 was created a soundtrack for a movie. The
Assassination of the Duke of Guise and Stenka Racin, By the work of Camille
Saint-Saëns and Mihail Ippolitov-Ivanov. And they sure that it was born to reinforce the
emotion of different moments of the film. Sometimes, the soundtracks make us
remember a movie by listening to the song for ten seconds.
Currently, if we play the soundtrack of Indiana Jones or Star Wars to anyone, they will
know it. You may even remember the scene where this song plays.
The sound in the cinema is differentiated in 2 terms.
Diegetic
The sounds diegetic it's the sounds that the character can listen to in the scene. For
example: the sound a door makes when it's opening.
Non diegetic
The sounds extradiegetic are the sounds that the character can’t hear. For example: the
voice of the storyteller or the soundtrack of the film.
The influence of Music
Neuroscientific studies show that music can affect people's moods. This study says
that when we listen to music, the areas of the brain that are responsible for imitation
and empathy are activated. For this reason, music is capable of altering our emotions
and creating social ties, because it allows us to share feelings.
Capabilities of music in film
- Music has the ability to relate to the brain's limbic system, which is responsible
for processing emotions.
- Music releases dopamine, which is considered to cause sensations like pleasure
or relaxation.
- Music has the ability to awaken a memory. Because, sometimes, we relate some
moment with some song.

Hans Zimmer
Now we will see about the life of one of the most important soundtrack composers in
the world of contemporary cinema.
He was born in Germany, on 1957
In an interview for German television in 2006, he commented this: "My father died
when I was just a child, and I took refuge in music in a way and music has been my
best friend."
When he was little he received piano lessons.
Later he moved to London where he entered the world of music composition with a
collaboration with Stanley Myers.
In 1988 it was an important year for Zimmer since he got his first Oscar nomination
with the soundtrack of the movie Rain Man. What made him jump to the top of the
world of cinema.
After the resounding success in Rain Man, he got jobs as important in Hollywood as
the soundtrack for Black Rain, Walking Miss Daisy or Thelma and Louis.
So Zimmer is consolidated as a great composer in Hollywood.
And as a curiosity about this great composer known worldwide is that in 1984 he was
playing as a keyboardist with the Spanish music group called Mecano.

Awards
These are all his Oscar nominations where we also see the 2 nominations he won
with The Lion King in 1994 and Dune where he was Oscar winner this year for best
soundtrack.
He has also won awards such as 3 Golden Globes with The Lion King (1994),
Gladiator (2000) and Dune (2022).
Grammy Awards for the movie Circle of Life where he won the award for best
instrumental arrangement accompanied by voices in 1994. Where he also wins with
the Lion King movie for best children's album. And the following year in 1995, he
managed to win with the movie, Red Tide, the award for best instrumental
composition for a movie or for television.
And it is until 2008, that he did not win his last Grammy, until now, with The Dark
Knight movie as Best Compiled Soundtrack Album for a movie, television or other
visual medium.
In total, he was nominated for the Grammy Awards 17 times and has been nominated
for the Oscars 12 times. There is no doubt that Zimmer is already consolidated as
one of the best film composers in the contemporary world in which we live.
This table reports on the number of
times he has been nominated for one of
the greatest awards in the
cinematographic world.
Conclusion
First I will talk about this great composer, who after suffering the loss of his father,
takes refuge, from a very young age, in what he likes the most, which is music. What
made him learn the best techniques on musical composition and little by little led him
to the top of the world of film soundtrack composition. Where we can verify that we
know many soundtracks that he has composed.
Music and sound in movies are one of the most important things in any movie. It is
clear that without music, it can also make you feel and it was also done. But always a
good sound in any type of video or movie is very important to place us in the movie
and make us feel more.
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e-mecano 9/12/2020. Vandal. (El Español)
- https://universodeemociones.com/relacion-musica-emociones/ 25/05/21.
Universo de Emociones
- https://filmsymphony.es/musica-cinematografica-bandas-sonoras-que-ayudan-
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THE MUSIC

History of Soundtrack…………………………………….… page 3

The influence of Music………………………………………page 4

Hans Zimmer……………………………………………..…. page 5

Conclusion and Bibliography…………………………….....page 7

accompany a scene or a cinematographic narration.

Bernard Herrmann- 1960- 1970

music of a movie or a video game.

emotion of different moments of the film. Sometimes, the soundtracks make us

remember a movie by listening to the song for ten seconds.

example: the sound a door makes when it's opening.

voice of the storyteller or the soundtrack of the film.

The influence of Music

and creating social ties, because it allows us to share feelings.

Capabilities of music in film

for processing emotions.

- Music releases dopamine, which is considered to cause sensations like pleasure

moment with some song.

the world of contemporary cinema.

He was born in Germany, on 1957

When he was little he received piano lessons.

collaboration with Stanley Myers.

So Zimmer is consolidated as a great composer in Hollywood.

playing as a keyboardist with the Spanish music group called Mecano.

Gladiator (2000) and Dune (2022).

instrumental arrangement accompanied by voices in 1994. Where he also wins with

composition for a movie or for television.

This table reports on the number of

times he has been nominated for one of

the greatest awards in the

know many soundtracks that he has composed.

and make us feel more.

- https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Zimmer 31/10/2022. Wikipedia.

e-mecano 9/12/2020. Vandal. (El Español)

al%20contexto%20de%20la%20pel%C3%ADcula. 24/04/2020. The film Simphony

Bernard%20Herrmann%20 Zona cinco. (Escuela de cine y fotografía)

idad-en-el-cine 01/17/2018 Sound and Pixel Planet.

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