The Anatomy of a Murder

The Anatomy of a Murder is a film that I suprisly thoroughly enjoyed watching. I intend on going to lawschool and being a lawyer in the future and so anything that has to do with a court room seems to be interesting to see how everything pans out. Like other movies The Anatomy of a Murder did not have any muic plying during any of the court room scenes, which made sense considering in a court room you are supposed to be getting a strong intensity and almost an anxious feeling while awaiting the verdict, or seeing what things and facts will most likely suprise you or jump out at you without warning. There is both underscoring and diegetic music throughout the film, although underscoring seems to occur more in the opening credits than it did throughout the entirety of the movie. On the other hand, unlike any other movie the Jazz and the music in general seems to carry over from scene to scene, which is unlikely in movies now adays but it made things more interesting, considering when the music ends, it is a signal that the scene should end as well, but often enough the scene ended and the music carried over, and although there was not as much music in this film as the ones we have watched in class or even outside of class, it did make the mood of the film fit the plot that was overall being portrayed.

Robin Hood

Starting with the opening credits it seems as if the orchestra music dramatically gets more abundant and shows an increase in excitement. The instruments that seem to be present the most throughtout the film are the brass instruments and the percussion instruments. Marian and Robin hood's leitmotif is made up of violins and it gives it a more romantic feel, rather than extended excitement. Their leitmotif occurs often throughout the movie and appears again towards the end of the movie when he rescues her in the final scene. On the other hand while Robin hood and Marians leitmotif is romantic and has a series of violins playing, Robin Hood's indivudal leitmotif is more exciting and tends to be a lot faster than the leitmotif that he shares with Marian. His leitmotif seems to play whenever he gets into a fight scene or when he shows up and is introduced to a scene for the first time. Most of the music throughout the movie is underscored, but there is also some diegetic music as well. The film in general seemed to be overall filled with a lot of sequences, stingers, and leitmotifs.

Casablanca

Casablanca is a classical film, and the plot is very unexpected. The music however seems to go along with the same theme. Everytime Rick and Isla meet, the song "as time goes by" plays, and for most of the movie the music that you can hear coming from the television, the people in the movie can hear as well. Sam often plays on his piano different songs that go along with the theme of conversation while everyone resides in the bar. For example, at the beginning sam is playing an upbeat song, that has to do with knocking on wood, and being unlucky, which is suppose to cheer them up considering they are stuck in casablanca due to the war, and other authorities. Everytime that Rick enters the room the music that sam is playing tends to get softer; on the other hand when a tragic event occurs the music is more disjunct, and is similar to a horror film. This occurs when the bar is temporarily closed, and at the end when Isla pulls a gun on Rick. For the most part Casablanca is a love story, and the that is reflected in the music.