Same with "In Your Eyes" and Say Anything. Tarantino and Scorsese may know how to reinvent the needle drop and make licensed songs in a scene memorable, but Cameron Crowe knows how to make spiritual music moments in his films.
@@StudioBinder And with a smirk from the *God of Mischief* for added feeling of satisfaction. Thor finally won the hearts of the MCU fans in late 2017.
A Screenwriter's Journey educational requires you to not be making money... there’s too much music for this to be fair use as well. This legally shouldn’t be monetized.
You forgot mention that Thor: Ragnarok chose the "Immigrant Song" because the film thematicly is about revaluating our home (country) and feeling lost without it.
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Nothing will touch me again like the first time I watched Interstellar. The rollercoaster of emotions is indescribable. Hans Zimmer did an incredible job.
The term "needle drop" goes back long before digital recording. I heard it in 1968. Two friends recorded an original album in a pro recording studio. They used a short sound effect, and paid "per needle drop".
Excellent video! Now, a video about how you go about procuring the music and the pitfalls of that process. As most of the music used throughout this video would be prohibitively expensive, are there tricks and tools to aquire the music? Like, offering percentages of the profits in lieu of money upfront, for example?
Pulp Fiction would have been a better immediate reference. Using popular songs is smart, but bringing obscure songs from the depths into the minds of millions is far more wise and fascinating.
While not limited to just one 2-hour movie, Michael Mann and Jan Hammer did a fabulous job with "needle-dropping" on Miami Vice. An episode about a serial-killing race-car driver utilized "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins as the sonic backdrop while the killer cruised for a victim; a motorcycle race in a parking hmgarage was set to "Cruise Missile", a breakneck instrumental by the Steve Morse Band; and the road-race began to the raucous drums and raunchy slide guitar of "Mercury Blues" by David Lindley and ElRayo-X. "Miami Vice" looks and feels a bit dated nowadays, but the use of music to bookmark scenes was first rate.
In *The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)* when the final car chase scene came, and "Spiderbait - Black Betty" was played, the gear was turned for a nonstop acceleration, with another song, until reaching the Court House.
In my moms super-8 home shooting guide book. There was warned about playing popular music during a screening as it could distract the audience from the movie. That is still something to consider using pop songs in movies.
I think it's important to note the difference between OST and Score that scene from Midsommar, seems like it's more of a score song than a soundtrack song but I could be wrong. Score's are typically written along side the film or at least (when repurposed which has happened many times) remain cohesive almost as if it's one long song illustrating the journey of a character. A soundtrack is typically viewed as the songs that either already exist or function on their own as full complete songs (even if they were written specifically for a film, such as james bond) with defined beginnings middles and ends, usually edited for use in the movie.
How about "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival as the backdrop to a werewolf attack in "An American Werewolf in London"? Or "Stuck In The Middle With You" in the dance/torture scene from "Reservoir Dogs"?
Everything about the soundtrack to American Werewolf in London was perfect! Especially the placement of the three versions of Blue Moon. Add that all the tunes had "Moon" in the title.
One particular scene comes to mind for the "carthasis" category - the scene in magnolia where different characters start singing together individually. So simple yet so beautiful and memorable. But I'm not sure if it can be counted into this list as it's not a well known song before the movie came out.
Huey Lewis and the News are there because of the novel, where there are entire chapters dedicated to them, Whitney Houston and Phil Collins, in which Bateman does good, competent reviews of their work.
That's not what "cognitive dissonance" means. Cognitive dissonance is when one's beliefs don't match one's actions and is a theoretical tool for explaining beliefs, or how they change, because that dissonance is perceived as a bad that must be corrected. The seminal example is when Ben Franklin wanted to become friends with someone who didn't particularly care for him, he borrowed a book from the guy. Loaning a book, especially back then, is not typically what one would do for someone one doesn't like, so the guy adjusted his belief about Franklin to see him in a positive light. Another example is having someone do a task: People who are compensated for doing a task tend to enjoy the task significantly less than those who aren't compensated. It's also one reason why it's probably better to give one's kid an allowance rather than pay them for doing chores. To say that the disconnect between the music and actions of a scene gives viewers cognitive dissonance carries no meaning without the concomitant need for the dissonance to be fixed, most obviously by changing perceptions of either the music or the actions. In the Bateman example, viewers might see ax murder in a more positive light; ax murder, much like pirates, is fun! Regardless, cognitive dissonance is a disequilibrium that the mind seeks to bring back into equilibrium through changing actions or beliefs, the same way one may put one's arms out to regain balance after slipping on ice. The fact of disequilibrium is not what's meaningful about cognitive dissonance, it's how equilibrium is re-achieved that's meaningful. So if one plays "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" over a scene of a serial killer dismembering a body, what behavior, exactly, is cognitive dissonance going to prompt from the viewer to regain equilibrium? Why is that particular corrective behavior going to obtain in the viewers? These questions need to be answered for cognitive dissonance to be meaningful to the analysis.
StudioBinder: Never overlook how the right song can alleviate the built-up anxiety forged by a story. Tarantino: _I’m gonna do what’s called a pro-gamer move_
Hello there, This for me was a great and insightful video. I really learnt a lot from this as I use a variety music in my work as have fun matching it to a scene. Thank you.
Maybe I'm blind, but where's the link to how the RU-vid music library works in regard to copyright free music? I don't see a link in the description about that.
@@StudioBinder Lynch too. He loves music in his films and in general. Always finds a way to incorporate musical numbers into his films. Blue Velvet has the most iconic version.
I honestly never liked the use of the Immigrant Song in Thor.. for me personally that song is best used in School of Rock which also is a better movie than Thor or most other movies that exist..... but that's just me....
