Keywords:
film music, soundtrack, audio-vision, tools and categories for analysis
Abstract
This work deals with the analysis and composition of film music. After presenting the principal approaches in musical multimedia research, the work proposes a general music analysis tool that considers extra-musical aspects of a movie. The tool examines film-music from points of view related to the narrative of the film. It presents categories that point to functions of the music in an audio-visual context. The categories are non-exclusive. Each film requires the selection of the categories for analysis which are relevant to it. The goal is to avoid granting superiority to the visual plane, and to remark the analog influence of the two channels, sound and image, on the creation of the meaning. Afterwards, a few ideas for the application of the tool in learning music composition will be suggested.
Author Biography
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Marcelo Pilewski
Marcelo Pilewski is an Israeli musician and music educator, born in Argentina. Pilewski studied Classical Guitar and Orchestral Conducting at Conservatorio Nacional de Buenos Aires. He holds a BA in Musical Composition from UCA Argentina and an MA in Musicology and Communications, from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His work as an independent researcher is focused on audio-visual relationships and film music analysis. Pilewski is a senior lecturer at The School of Visual Theatre, Jerusalem and at Sapir Academic College, in the Sound Engineering and Cinema faculties, where he formerly served as the head of the Music and Soundtrack Design Department. Additionally, he often lectures on music for films and theatre at major Israeli Universities. Pilewski has been the Musical Director for several award-winning International theatre productions, and has composed music for many Israeli television programs and documentary films. In addition, he continues to perform as a classical guitarist.
