Though I am not a huge fan of symphony like music, I am a fan of movies. One of my all-time favorite movies would be We Were Soldiers, starring Mel Gibson. This movie is based on the book We Were Soldiers Once…and Young by Lt. Colonel Harold G. Moore. Both the book and movie are based around the first battle of the Vietnam War and depicts the soldiers, and battle, from both the Americans and Vietnamese point of view. I chose this movie because war movies are usually full of suspense, and coincidentally have great music to build the audiences suspense throughout. We Were Soldiers starts off at the military base, with Lt. Colonel Moore getting his orders for his men. As his new soldiers begin their basic training, they can hear radio coverage
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This song is starts off with overpowering bagpipes, and then switches to softer music and it is sang. This song plays a significant part in building emotion as the soldiers awake at dawn on the third day of battle. They awake knowing that the Vietnamese soldiers have moved in to attempt an ambush overnight, and this is their final opportunity to head it off and survive, or die trying. The music builds more suspense as Lt. Colonel Moore tells his men to affix their bayonets on their rifles. After winning the battle, Moore and his men are evacuated from the battlefield. Upon Moore’s arrival home, the sound of soft symphony music is heard as he rings the doorbell. His wife rushes the kids upstairs to bed, from the anticipation of a death notification being at the door. To her surprise, it is her husband, and the music changes from dramatic symphony to joyous and upbeat. This is a movie that I can definitely find myself getting wrapped up in, over and over again. The music played throughout We Were Soldiers certainly brings the tone of the movie full circle. Being able to feel the emotions of the characters during a movie are really what makes it a notable masterpiece. Without different styles of music being played, the audience wouldn’t be able to feel the emotions throughout as well as they
This song is starts off with overpowering bagpipes, and then switches to softer music and it is sang. This song plays a significant part in building emotion as the soldiers awake at dawn on the third day of battle. They awake knowing that the Vietnamese soldiers have moved in to attempt an ambush overnight, and this is their final opportunity to head it off and survive, or die trying. The music builds more suspense as Lt. Colonel Moore tells his men to affix their bayonets on their rifles. After winning the battle, Moore and his men are evacuated from the battlefield. Upon Moore’s arrival home, the sound of soft symphony music is heard as he rings the doorbell. His wife rushes the kids upstairs to bed, from the anticipation of a death notification being at the door. To her surprise, it is her husband, and the music changes from dramatic symphony to joyous and upbeat. This is a movie that I can definitely find myself getting wrapped up in, over and over again. The music played throughout We Were Soldiers certainly brings the tone of the movie full circle. Being able to feel the emotions of the characters during a movie are really what makes it a notable masterpiece. Without different styles of music being played, the audience wouldn’t be able to feel the emotions throughout as well as they