Background and Synopsis
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). Distributed by Paramount Pictures. Produced by executive producers Alan C. Blomquist and Lasse Hallstrom. Produced by producers Bertil Ohlsson, David Matalon, Meir Teper. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Screenplay written by Peter Hedges; based on the novel of the same name. Principle characters: Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp), Arnie Grape (Leonardo …show more content…
From playing against Gilbert’s emotions when he is completely engulfed in burnout, like at the beginning of the film; to the music moving with GIlbert’s emotions and giving the audience a look into what he is actually feeling as in the latter half of the movie with the nondiegetic music. Gilbert, along with the music in this score, has a progression throughout the film from a state of emotional burnout to an emotional state that is much more lively and goofy. The music also progresses, moving from playing against the emotional state of Gilbert, to expressing his new found emotion on screen, presenting a coherent story of Gilbert’s journey through mental illness in What’s Eating Gilbert