Before the advent of the "talking film", all films were completely silent. Most silent films were accompanied by full orchestras, organists and pianists to add movement and feeling to the film. Music was used to create suspense, symbolize moments and add a voice to the film without actually speaking. And over time, even as films progressed, spoken music continued to be used as a part of films from the 1930s to today. Today I will talk about two different musical scores from today's award-winning films, "Hedwig's Theme" from "Harry Potter Series" and "Raiders March" from "Indiana Jones Raiders March". has been divided into a three-part ABA form, the A and B sections use different but related melodic ideas with the famous melody that begins the march already suggests much of the character of Indiana. First, it is played by trumpets in unison, and each of its short tunes begins with a militaristic dotted rhythm, both giving the sense that this is a hero's theme. The B section changes the mood of the song, with a much lighter and more playful tone. With this tone, the section loses much of its march statement before rebuilding itself once again into a repeat of section A. Dynamics Starting from a forte moderato, the march captures the audience's attention from the start, introducing a strong. As the piece progresses, it maintains its dynamics, although through the A section you can hear the dynamics in the B section attenuate to a moderate piano, creating a softer, quieter sound with a lighter, more relaxed mood. playful. Harmony The march begins with an anacrusis, first the first measure of the piece. Starting from C major the bass remains fixed at C throughout the song while the chords above... in the center of the paper... this chord. Bars 9 and 10 of the theme return to the original long E minor chord with the same opening melody. But in bars 11-12 the music suddenly takes a new direction, causing three more minor chords to resonate that have no relation to each other. The resulting sound is not just unusual. Because the progression is curious, it also creates an aura of wonder. Melody While the first five bars are entirely in the key of E minor, the sixth bar introduces a note foreign to it, the F natural. These same intervals are also heard in bars 13-15, now with an extra intermediate note. The sentence of a section then ends with these strange intervals, which help to lend an air of mystery to the theme. The melody of section B differs from that of section A in which the score changes from Hedwig's theme to actually introduce "Nimbus 2000", the notes becoming increasingly shorter and faster