The Kite Runner

The movie the Kite Runner is very inspirational, and portrays tons of emotion throughout the dialogue, the plot, and also the music. The movie starts off, as the older movies did, with the credits at the beginning, setting the tone of the move prior to setting the plot. The movie has a ton of underscoring with a small amount of diegetic music, although when the diegetic music is present it has significant meaning. For example during Amir's wedding there is diegetic music, and it shows the happiness that all of the characters seem to possess at that moment in time. The music, when the kites are flying at the beginning, has a variation of string instruments, and as Hassan is running after the kite the drums seem to come in and it gives the scene emotion by mocking his motion of his feet hitting the ground, and him running to fetch the cut down kite. When the movie is trying to express a sad moment there tends to be more strings, but also the piano plays a huge role in getting this accomplished. For example when Hassan is talking to amir when they are younger, saying he would rather eat dirt than lie to him, the strings and the piano come together to show the sincerity of that conversation between the two boys. Also, When Amir wakes up in the morning and can't find Sohrab, he goes looking for him on the streets and at first the music seemed to mock his heart beating faster and faster as he panicked that he may have lost the boy, this is also a point in the movie where you really feel what the character is going through, perhaps through experience or through the music itself. Although there is sadness throughout this entire movie, there is however happiness portrayed at 3 diffferent times,when Amir and Hassan win the Kite tournament, when Amir gets married, and at the end of the movie when Amir and Sohrab are flying a kite together, and he says the same thing that Hassan, sohrabs father once said to Amir, "For you, a thousand times over."

Big Fish

Big Fish is a funfilled movie that includes many different types of stories and scenes which come alive in the music. When the father is born and he is sliding down the hallway Jazz-like music is playing as underscoring. Moving throughout the entirety of the film the use of a piano, and the strings is often heard, although there is some percusion and bass but they are not used as frequently as the other two. The strings tend to be softer but get deeper when there are intimate moments or when Edward is telling his stories. There is some micky mousing when the giant is walking out of the cave mimicking his footsteps and then when he thros a rock at Edward, it sounds like drums. Diegetic music is also used in this movie, for example when they have the parade for Edward giving him the key to the city right before he leaves, and also when he is dancing with all of the people, it almost sounds like a guitar is playing, possibly the bango. This movie has a lot of different variations of music yet the combination of the stories and the music in this film is what makes it so great.