Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Functionality: Music for Stage and Screen

Functionality: Music for Stage and Screen

"Heart of the Wood," by composer Howard Goodall and lyricist Charles Hart, is a song from a musical based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. "Medieval March," by Debbie Wiseman, is the theme from a TV movie about Hans Christian Andersen. By deconstructing these two pieces, this program analyzes how music composed for the stage and screen performs its dramatic functions. Sound bites and video clips reveal how music can define the mood and the period of a scene, set the tempo of the action, project the feelings of the characters, and provide continuity for the production as a whole. (20 minutes)

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Item#: BVL33204
Copyright date: ©2002
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-9151-5

Part of the Series : Play It Again! The Art of Musical Composition


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