Sting

The movie Sting that is set in Chicago, uses music unconsistentely and not as frequent as you would think. It is mainly played during the transitions from scene to scene. However, there are instances where music is played during a scene and those are the more major scenes such as the scene where Luther dies. Most of the music in this movie is a piano, and most of it is underscoring there is some diagetic music in this film as well but not shown as much. It generally seemed to fade out some times when they would transition from scene to scene. Most of this music is considered to be rag-time music and it is a more up beat type of music which they seem to play often enough in the movie, and it kind of contradicts the whole idea and plot of the movie but at the same time it captures what is going on in each scene and gives the audience a better understanding and emotion as they watch the movie. Although music did not seem to play a huge role in this movie it definitely made up for it in meaning and overall was able to give the audience that feeling that was being portrayed in the film.

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird does not follow the trend that many movies in the 1960's did, where they used minimal or no music during the story, i found that it used several different types of music, that which included piano music, diegetic music, background music that, and some typical theme music. To Kill a Mockingbid is typical courtroom movie, so in those types of scenes they did not have any music while in the courtroom. Music is used mainly to show danger, or to transition form scene to scene or from a certain emotion, such as happiness and transition it into anger. They had both diegetic music and underscoring throughout the entirety of the movie. I found that the kids theme music seemed to be lighter than everything else, and that was suprising given that the plot for the movie is quite strong and deep, and deals with such grave issues. I feel as if the movie was not entirely classical and it didn't completely follow the style of Bernard hermann, but rather I feel as if it is a mix of the two. 

Psycho

The movie Psycho, as portrayed from beginning to end, and also within the title shows the horror that should be instilled in the hearts of the audience through its music. It is different from your classic Hollywood films because it portrays a darker more omnious theme and gives the feeling of terror all the way through the movie, it does not give a little bit of horror and then switches to something more cheerful, like a typical hollywood classic may do with its music. In a Hollywood Classic the music tends to be happier and lighter and have a cliche happy ending, and with Psycho that is not the feeling they were trying to give off by any means. The music in Psycho is very similar to the Film Noir because they both are trying to give the audience that scared mentality, and they are both movies of horror that typically have darker music throughout the entirety of the movie. The only thing that I could think of that was cliche was the sounds that would be expressed to describe the knife noise before the knife is even used in the scene of the movie. Also, before anything actually happens in the movie there is darker music warning the audience that something is about to happen. Or the music at the beginning when the lovers are talking about their future together in the bedroom and the background music is very light and cheerful, almost like a love theme, saying that they will be together forever; very cliche. 

Double Indenity

At the beginning of the movie, "Double Indenity," the overture plays and the music starts off at a slower pace and a softer tone, but as the illustrated man walks closer and he gets larger in size, the music shifts to a higher pitch and louder noises are expressed. When the credits finish playing, the music continues and rolls over into the next scene. There doesn't seem to be much music in this film but when it does play it gives the scene and the actions of the people a much more of a dramatic effect and really points out what seems to be important in the movie. For example, music plays whenever Walter is narrating the story, and confessing the murder that he had committed early that week and earlier that evening. When there is no conversation occuring and something significant is going on, the significance of those actions are expressed through the music. For example, when Mr. Dietrichson was signing the papers to get his "Car insurance" renewed, music was playing showing how important the act was for carrying out Phyllis' and Walters plan to kill Mr. Dietrichson and get money for it. Music also plays to show the emotional and internal feelings that the characters may be feeling at a particular moment, for example when they couldn't get the car started after murdering Mr. Dietrichson and setting everything up, the music expressed how they were worrisom, and unsure as to what they were going to do if they were stranded there. It also expressed to the audience that this could be a time of either triumph or a time of heartbreak. This occurs all the way to the end where Walter is lying on the floor dyingtrying to light a cigarette, and Mr. Keyes lights it for him, showing a sign of symbolism because that is what Walter always did for him considering he hated to carry matches. The music at the end seems to be louder and more of a triumphet feeling than the rest of the movie.