Analysis of the Roles of Film Soundtracks in Films

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220502.071How to use a DOI?

Keywords

film; soundtrack; audio-visual language; The Shining; music

Abstract

It is well known that when film first appeared in the art world, it was silent or required a live band, and people even referred to silent films as ‘the great dumb’. In 1936, Chaplin produced his last silent film, Modern Times, marking the death of silent film. The era of sound film was officially opened to realize the unification of audio-visual and sound painting, thus making the film audience wider. This paper focuses on the roles of film soundtracks in films in order to better understand this diversified art form of film. In this paper, four kinds of roles in film soundtracks have been discussed. That is, the soundtracks hint at the development of the film’s plot, render atmosphere, express the feelings and thoughts of the characters, and become an icon of the film. The results show that the film soundtracks play a very important role in the overall development and plot promotion of the film, and they are indispensable parts of the film.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Kexuan Xu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/05/14
TI  - Analysis of the Roles of Film Soundtracks in Films
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Comprehensive Art and Cultural Communication (CACC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 351
EP  - 355
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220502.071
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220502.071
ID  - Xu2022
ER  -