parts i.e. When stella looks at him at top of the stairs, they modified it , they even
changed the song too b/c it was too seductive , wrote it with an oboe , strings and
clarinet
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Very different effect created with use of other score, the music is much more pure
and less physical sounding, so it suggests that this union of stanly and stella is a
good thing, and that as a married couple its good that they should be reconciled,
and th at element of sex has been reseated a little bit even though its still there
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Music in background played with sax and the flute
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There's a sax in the background in stellas room<<< they never play the sax in the
movie but its there to represent sex!
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The man with the golden arm (1955), score by
elmer bernstein << like alfred he's a prominent and leading film score composer
Jazz used to represent criminality
Jazz is being used here to represent criminality than sexuality , in particular it is used to
express drug use, the compulsio n on the part of the lead character of this film to use
heroin which he is addicted to
In beginning of movie the lead character is released from jail for usage of drugs, and he
also is a drummer in a band , so he uses his arm to play music and inject drugs
Beginning song is also used when we witness the lead character taking heroin
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The music has a very chaotic sound and tense and its used in the film to represent the
characters craving for the drug who isn't satisfied until he gets it
Watched clip of guy getting drug
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There is very prominent ostianato: a musical theme repeating over and over again <<<
this is associated with the obsession that frankiy has for the drugs<< and we hear that
when we see him crossing the st. And then when the drug dealing is getting set up we
just hear drumming , exotic and strange no particular pattern and then when the boy
comes in the ostianato comes back << so a lot of Micky mousing ( image with music)
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There's a part when doctor puts all the appliances on the counter and the music
pauses and comes back every time the guy puts something on the counter<< the
punchy accent is too overplayed, but at that time drugs and taking drugs was rare
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Popular music ( rock'n'roll)
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Rock n roll was a style of music embraced by youth culture and criticized by older generation
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When it begins to be used in films, it tends to be used in films with youth themes to them
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Blackboard jungle (1955)
"rock around the clock" bill haley and the comets
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Film helped make the song popular
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The jungle movie is about bad kids acting badly
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Modernist avant-garde music
Forbidden planet (1956)<< science fiction film
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Electronic music by loui (1920 - 1989) and bebe (1925 - 2008)
Has completely electronic music, and credited for being the very first completely
electronic score
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Music comparable in sound to experimental music by avant-garde composers like
karlhein stockhausen<< a german composer
the composers of the score and
involved in the avant-gard music scene in NY
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Loui and beb were hire for the film to produce sound effects i.e. Like a spaceship landing or
