Individual Music Analysis
Paranoid Android by Radio Head La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf
Lily Chapman,
Term 4, 2014
Musical elements can be manipulated to change the mood and emotions that are interpreted by a song to the audience. By selecting and studying two contrasting pieces, it will demonstrate how the composers portray specific emotions through the different use of music elements and concepts. The two songs that will be contrasted are La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf, and Paranoid Android by Radiohead.
“The music on OK Computer has a surreal, cinematic quality. Also like the R.E.M. record, this album hints at some kind of dark spiritual crossroad.” Writer Mark Kemp quotes in the July, 1997 issue of Rolling Stones Magazine.
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By doing so it makes the instruments seem rushed, and staggered. While these elements make the section seem unorganised, it is the main motivation that leads this to sound like the composer is losing his mind. [Fig 2]
The third section of the song (3:30-5:40 mins) goes back to creating a dreamlike and eerie atmosphere, moving back to the key of C Dorian that adds to the unsettling feeling that is portrayed. The vocals drop back drastically, harmonising with each other in a haunting, scalic melody, as it starts on a C or the tonic of the scale, and reaching as low to an E natural. The guitars become acoustic, the bass stops, and the drums are subtle in the background. This creates a thin, homophonic texture.
As this section reached 5:15 minutes the same melody is carried through, along with the backing instruments, but the melody line from the start of the song is played over the top, causing the song to be polyphonic. The sheet music shows the melody constantly changing between 4/4 and 7/8, which makes the song seems broken and confused. This in relevance to the rest of the song creates a feel that the composer if losing his mind, and having a fight with himself, or another half of his personality. [Fig
Paranoid Android by Radio Head La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf
Lily Chapman,
Term 4, 2014
Musical elements can be manipulated to change the mood and emotions that are interpreted by a song to the audience. By selecting and studying two contrasting pieces, it will demonstrate how the composers portray specific emotions through the different use of music elements and concepts. The two songs that will be contrasted are La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf, and Paranoid Android by Radiohead.
“The music on OK Computer has a surreal, cinematic quality. Also like the R.E.M. record, this album hints at some kind of dark spiritual crossroad.” Writer Mark Kemp quotes in the July, 1997 issue of Rolling Stones Magazine.
In the first …show more content…
By doing so it makes the instruments seem rushed, and staggered. While these elements make the section seem unorganised, it is the main motivation that leads this to sound like the composer is losing his mind. [Fig 2]
The third section of the song (3:30-5:40 mins) goes back to creating a dreamlike and eerie atmosphere, moving back to the key of C Dorian that adds to the unsettling feeling that is portrayed. The vocals drop back drastically, harmonising with each other in a haunting, scalic melody, as it starts on a C or the tonic of the scale, and reaching as low to an E natural. The guitars become acoustic, the bass stops, and the drums are subtle in the background. This creates a thin, homophonic texture.
As this section reached 5:15 minutes the same melody is carried through, along with the backing instruments, but the melody line from the start of the song is played over the top, causing the song to be polyphonic. The sheet music shows the melody constantly changing between 4/4 and 7/8, which makes the song seems broken and confused. This in relevance to the rest of the song creates a feel that the composer if losing his mind, and having a fight with himself, or another half of his personality. [Fig