Star Wars: Music Analysis

Music is a powerful tool in our media to convey specific emotions from the audience. Television, film, news, sports, musicals and theatre are types of media using music to bring out our emotions. Music transports the audience into the world being watched. We use music on our phones and IPod’s to help motivate us to move. Movies use music to convey ideas and feelings to large audiences. Through music we feel and react to developments of the mood, landscape and tension in a part in the film. Can you imagine our favorite films without music? These films would not be as exciting without the orchestrated energy. The added music changes everything in the film, and a wonderful score can uplift a movie from decent to classic. The music from Star Wars:
It can be used in the background for less important moments or in the foreground for more dramatic effects. When watching a scene with music compared to one without, then it is obvious how music allows the audience to feel the scene differently. Music intensify parts of a film by showing the feelings of the characters. It sets up scenes and can affect how the audience reacts to the film based on the tempo of the music. The Force Awakens uses music to help the audience follow the story, and helps the audience identify with the different scenes, characters and action sequences. The grand music in the opening of the film leads to dramatic action for the beginning of the film. The deep dark musical scores “The Abduction” and “Snoke” the mastermind of evil captures the dark path the film is moving. With deep dark male voices when Snoke is in any scene fills us with fear and anxiety. In contrast, the “March of the Resistance” music uses loudness and energy to signal the good guys on the way to help. Neil Z. Yeung states “From the opening crawl of the film to the abrupt cut away of the closing credits, John Williams' soundtrack to The Force Awakens does not disappoint.” The music transfers between each part of the film. Giving the audience audio cues to know which direction the film is heading next. “Follow Me” is fast and loud that relates to the action sequences in
Music highlights every part of the film and audience feels the emotion of each note. Music has the ability to affect the audience in different ways with all our bodies. Music can make us frightened, tense, jump, cry, laugh or raise our feeling of love and safety. The Force Awakens uses music to make us feel differently for each scene. “Torn Apart” where Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) kills his father, Han Solo with a lightsaber. This music breaks our hearts and drains us, allowing us to feel hatred and sadness. While “Scherzo for X-Wings” signals the end of the battle with triumphant music. “The Ways of The Force” theme in the last battle of good and evil, reflects grit and guts of our hero. Music changes the audience's mood and emotions when used correctly. When the “Imperial March” is played anytime, the first thing everyone thinks of is Darth Vader. Music in film is used to inspire the