Maurice Jarre: Film Music Composer Of The 20th Century

Shane Black has casually become a genre unto himself. Before trying his hand at directing - which is also a genre unto itself, he dreamt-up (meaning he wrote them) some of the most beloved movies of all-time, such as Letha Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Last Action Hero. Okay, maybe the “most beloved movies of all-time” designation is a stretch, but that doesn’t change the fact that Black certainly has a distinct style - and as such, a legion of followers.

Due to the controversy about the film and topic, some disliked him because his song was the theme song in the film. Some disliked him because they thought he was somehow connected to teenage delinquency and the film. Bill Haley was an amazing performer at the time. He was considered one of the Pioneers of rock and roll. With many great hits, and over 60 million records sold.

Writer of more than twenty-six successful novels, “Stephen King is one of the most influential American writers of horror fiction of the latter half of the twentieth century, he is certainly the most popular” according to American Novelist (Barth 1753). He mainly wrote on the genres of American horror and fantasy with a different life focus in each of his books such as “Misery in 1987” which focused on writer and reader relationships (“King, Stephen” The Concise). Stephen King is in a way a family man. He had a rather difficult family life, but he never abandoned them. Even though Stephen King has written many popular books, the majority of his popularity today is from the movies based on his books (“King, Stephen” The Author).

Shot Analysis: Citizen Kane Orson Welles, director of “Citizen Kane”, is well known for his unusual directing methods that defied conventional cinematic techniques. Welles provided his audience with original forms of cinematography, narrative structures, and music. The scene I chose to analyze is extremely important to the plot of the film because Kane begins to realize that he is going through some serious financial problems. During the scene, Kane maintains a sarcastic mood, until he finally decides to surrender and signs the papers that transfer the ownership of his media empire to Mr. Thatcher.

' It 's interesting to see how much Tarantino resamples from different genre movies into his own movies. We all know that Tarantino is a cinephile and a movie nerd. It would be important to start from his use of music in his stylistic titles sequences or opening sequence of every film. All his movies from 'Reservoir Dogs ' to 'Hateful Eight ' have very peculiar audio-visual styles for the opening sequences.

The Godfather has been known as one of the greatest films of all time for its unique style of filming and the ability to show the theme throughout the movie in an exclusive manner. The director, Francis Ford Coppola, uses many different film techniques to show the growth and changes in all the characters throughout the course of the film. The movie follows two major characters in addition to everyone else, "Don" Vito Corleone and Michael Corleone. One exceptional element of this motion picture shows the head of the Corleone mafia family, "Don" Vito Corleone, and his youngest son, Michael Corleone, gradually switch places throughout the course of the film. The Godfather uses numerous film techniques, music, and lighting to display the mantel

Another one of his pieces An American in Paris would eventually be used in a movie of the same title. This would later be the basis for a musical as well. He and his brother Ira co-wrote music for 10 other musicals which include Lady Be Good (1924),

Today, most films feature recurring themes set to a full orchestra or symphony, or at least using symphonic instrumentation. Suffice it to say, Williams has not only changed music, but the way that society looks at music. Film scores are now known to be one of the most defining parts of a movie, and his works have proven this. In addition to film scores, Williams has composed themes for the Olympic Games. As of 2015, Williams has been hailed with 49 Academy Award nominations, making him the living person with the most nominations.

Here’s why: Straight Outta Compton, the biopic about the greatest controversial rap group NWA, was one of the most excellent and powerful movies that I have ever seen. The productioOne thing that I mostly like about the movie is the group and some of their songs, because they are all about the reality of what’s going on with the world and how the actors who played the rappers

The Godfather (1972) is a one of a kind movie; it is even considered by many an American classic. The American Film Institute (AFI) has The Godfather listed at number two in 2008 as one of the greatest films in American culture today. This movie has everything from great action scenes to world famous actors. This movie stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and James Cann among many others. The Godfather portrays one major theme throughout the entire movie and that is violence.

Miranda himself claims that his work has been heavily influenced by Schönberg—Les Miserables was the first broadway show he had ever seen. The themes, structure, and compositions can all be tied back to Schönberg’s piece developed in the 1980s. These two plays are revolutionary in both their content and their stylistic elements. While the songs of Hamilton are mostly rooted in rap and hip hop and Les Miserables is entirely classical, Schönberg’s and Miranda’s compositions bear many resemblances.

The movie ‘King Kong’ was a Hollywood film originally made in 1933 and quickly became a blockbuster movie. Because of this, in 2005 King Kong was remade and created a lot of controversy between the public due to the fact that parts of the movie were taken away as well added. King Kong 1933 was directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and was a company production of RKO Radio Picture. This movie was the first full film to use stop motion, because of this the movie made significant statements in the media industry. King Kong in 2005 was directed by Peter Jackson and was a company product of Universal Studios, which is one of the largest Hollywood movie producers in the world.

Star Wars Star Wars, one of the movie very well known today. Making a huge impact on all the movies forever. This iconic movie influenced more than just one other movie series. Due to the creation of Star Wars, out of the genre during its era in time, people identified its characters and special effects The creator of Star Wars was George Lucas, the idea did not come from Lucas alone but from him and the rest of the cast preparing for a movie.

In his career, Barry received five academy awards all for his contributions and hard work on film music. In the middle of all his film work, Barry still found time to make albums of his own music, usually featuring re-recordings of his best movie-related compositions. In 1999, he released an album of his classical instrumental-style, The Beyondness of

Williams’ compositions from the movies Jaws, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler 's List, as well as the Indiana Jones series, has won him multiple awards. In addition, he also worked on Star Wars and Harry Potter, two of which many teenagers kept an eye on for a long time, including myself. His contributions in the film industry are exceptional, one of them was combining classical and contemporary music for the use of background sounds (Audissino 331). Many believed that Thomas Newman would replace John Williams considering the similarities of their awards, however, his achievements still couldn’t match Williams’ for he is younger and .