Have you ever though about the music in the background while you’re watching a movie? How it gives the movie so much more life. I believe that music should be a part of the film industry only because it helps the film feel more interesting while watching it! The two industries will clash like anything else in life, but eventually will work its way through the bumps on the road. There are three important issues such as, flow, plagiarism, and inspiration. In my opinion, flow is the most significant difference. Often times, classical music is able to flow better than film music, because it doesn't have the added responsibility of syncing up with mood changes from the film. Sometimes there's just not enough time to complete a musical phrase in
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I believe there are two reasons for this: first, the deadlines are often sort, and sometimes the only way to write x amount of music in y weeks is to draw from other sources. Second, I believe there is a conflicting values debate in the world of film music. Those that view film music as primarily a work of art in itself would probably be less willing to plagiarize, because originality is typically valued by artists. On the other hand, those who view film music as only (or mostly) an art in relation to the film it was written for - that is, film music's primary purpose is to enhance the film - would probably be more willing to plagiarize, because if the theme from Rachmaninoff's 1st Symphony conjures up fear better than anything James Horner can write, this second group would believe it to be Horner's duty to use that theme to help the film. Then there's temp tracking, and producers/directors who want a very specific type of sound. In the end, plagiarism is more common in film music than classical. That's not to say there isn't plagiarism in classical music, but I do think it is less common. That said, plagiarism is not a reason to reject film music as a genre, rather, it's a reason to reject individual perpetrators (or at least prefer more original works). There's a great
I believe there are two reasons for this: first, the deadlines are often sort, and sometimes the only way to write x amount of music in y weeks is to draw from other sources. Second, I believe there is a conflicting values debate in the world of film music. Those that view film music as primarily a work of art in itself would probably be less willing to plagiarize, because originality is typically valued by artists. On the other hand, those who view film music as only (or mostly) an art in relation to the film it was written for - that is, film music's primary purpose is to enhance the film - would probably be more willing to plagiarize, because if the theme from Rachmaninoff's 1st Symphony conjures up fear better than anything James Horner can write, this second group would believe it to be Horner's duty to use that theme to help the film. Then there's temp tracking, and producers/directors who want a very specific type of sound. In the end, plagiarism is more common in film music than classical. That's not to say there isn't plagiarism in classical music, but I do think it is less common. That said, plagiarism is not a reason to reject film music as a genre, rather, it's a reason to reject individual perpetrators (or at least prefer more original works). There's a great