Score: A Film Music Documentary

(2017)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 127 votes

Genres: Music, Documentary

Year: 2017

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Matt Schrader

Cast: Ханс Циммер, Дэнни Эльфман, Куинси Джонс, Randy Newman, Джеймс Кэмерон, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bear McCreary, Говард Шор, Александр Депла, Трент Резнор

Plot

Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader shines a spotlight on the overlooked craft of film composing, gathering many of the art form’s most influential practitioners, from Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman to Quincy Jones and Randy Newman, to uncover their creative process. Tracing key developments in the evolution of music in film, and exploring some of cinema’s most iconic soundtracks, 'Score' is an aural valentine for film lovers.

For a predominately visual medium like cinema, its musical component plays a vital role as well, especially its score. In that essential musical accompaniment, the soul of the film is expressed whether it be sweepingly majestic fanfares or delicate lyrical pieces. This documentary explores the artistic role of this special musical discipline that completes the cinematic artistic creation process and the artists who have devoted their careers to this contribution. We explore the form's history and examine the masters who defined it with their own distinctive artistic vision. In doing so, the various components of this delicate creative process are revealed as they create a musical compositional work that has inspired a popular appreciation of music in all its forms, which gave some old musical ways their own new lease on life.