Planet of the Apes

There are certain films that are just meant to become classics, to be seen as masterpieces, even if not during their heyday but after a few decades. Such an example of a film like this is Planet of the Apes, which the eccentricity of its origins gives it a boost when it came to the awesomeness of the film. However, this essay is not meant to explain the storyline, rather to give a description of the musical score of it. The story began aboard a spaceship that was on its way to an unknown place around the constellation of Orion, in which had no background music until the crew landed in an unexpected manner. The music started playing suspense fully where despair seemed as the emotion that ran across everyone’s minds and hearts when the crew had crash landed in the middle of the ocean. Luckily, they were prepared for such events and managed to survive, except for one crew member.

However little did they know that they had not only traveled through space, but through time as well. They were light years away from planet earth as well as 2 millennia past their own or so they imagined. The music during the scene helped in the way that it made me feel as if I was lost as well. During the crew’s time in the desert, there was a bit of background music that kind of portrayed adventure and bravery in my opinion. The music during the scene seem to have fitted with the scenery around. Jerry Goldsmith was the great genius behind the musical score for Planet of the Apes, his work still to this day remains a classic. Not only was his choices for the making of the musical score for the movie genius, they were innovative as well. His addition of ethnic instruments to an already large orchestra added a feeling of anxiety and sort of depicts the apes as horrific. The way he utilizes non-traditional instruments such as ram’s horns or electric harps gave the musical score a more thrilling experience. The addition of extra percussion instruments help draw you away from the more