Argumentative Essay On Film Music

Since the day that movies began to have music in them, the whole experience changed for all who watch. The soundtracks that are compiled add deeper emotion and set up the tone and mood for the following scenes. However, there are arguments that the music in the films are not that important and it is just a lost genre. Film music is much more important and one specific example is from the movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. This movie contains a song that actually enhances the scenes in which it is played and viewers and critics should appreciate how how the director and musicians have manipulated the music to work in such ways. Composers have a specific reason for writing songs and how they are presented in the movie. Breakfast at Tiffany’s

The audience doesn’t actually tend to listen to it much during the movie or outside of the film. While in some cases this might be true with classical music, other music is actually listened to outside of the movie because they have watched that movie and enjoyed it. Before watching a movie the audience might not have heard certain songs and because the song was in the movie they go home and buy the song and listen to it. Film songs are loved because the movie adds a deeper meaning to the song than it would have by itself. Another argument is that the music is not taken seriously and loses meaning due to narration. Again, I strongly argue that movies give the song more meaning than before. Some movies, such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, add a meaning to a song because the adored character, Holly, sang it and gave it meaning. Before I knew a lot about the movie and the song I really just loved the song and the movie together. Now, I love both the movie and the song, because Holly gave the song a meaning that I can relate to. Film music is not a lost genre, is taken seriously, and is listened to outside of the movie. There are countless examples of music that is still currently listened to outside of the movie, ‘Moon River’ is just one