Whether you’re a self-described movie buff or lover of live music, soundtrack concerts celebrating your favourite scores are the perfect way to appreciate music in film. When we hear scores, they warm the spirit and bring forth those nostalgic memories of watching your favourite movie for the first time. As soon as the first notes of “Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter play, we’re instantly transported to the enchanting world of wizardry. And now, these concerts celebrating these scores are more popular than ever.
“What makes film music different is that we are always given a situation and we make the song accordingly.” – Ankit Tiwari
The Candlelight series pays tribute to all music genres, including film scores and soundtracks. Discover upcoming concerts here.
Character emotion
When we watch movies and series, we are reliant on just two senses: sight and sound. This means that the music has to be really powerful to convey character’s emotions. The sounds of a lonely violin can really tug at the heartstrings just as the upbeat notes of a fiddle can tell us that the character is feeling happy or excited. Even the pace of music is important. We think of slow music as romantic, for example.
Sense of time and place
People watch films and series to escape into different worlds and cultures. Often, music can denote the country (hopefully tastefully) but it can also tell us how to interpret different universes. The music in Hobbiton is very different to the music when the hobbits reach Mordor. It’s not just the visuals that tell the story.
A fun film score fact
Blockbuster The Bodyguard made history as the best-selling movie soundtrack album ever. This super-popular film starred Whitney Houston (which explains it), spent 20 weeks at the top of the US charts and sold a whopping 44 million copies.
What would a movie be without a soundtrack? Even back in the day of silent moves, some music was played on a grammarphone to keep the audience captivated. Back then, without the ability to hear character, music really brought the emotion and it certainly still does today!