They're designed to take you on a ride! They're bold, uplifting, thrilling and exciting. You hear this and you know that you're dealing with a hero of epic proportions! Hey, it's Captain America after all!Īll these pieces have something in common. Every time you hear it in the film you know Indy is going to do something heroic!Īnother epic theme is Alan Silvestri's Captain America. A simple major melody that sets up the film to perfection. It's impossible to hear this melody without seeing Harrison Ford as the swashbuckling archeologist. The opening fanfare is so melodically immense and grandiose you're totally there, sold, Superman is awesome!!! Root and fifth, it's so simple!īy the time the main theme kicks in you are now Superman and that's that! As a kid seeing this movie, this piece of music literally melted my face!Īnother piece by Mr Williams is the theme to Raiders Of The Lost Ark. You couldn't do it any better if you tried for the rest of your life. John Williams' theme is the actual musical embodiment of Superman. And no one does this better than John Williams! Two words, Star Wars! These huge magnificent brass led pieces are the cornerstone of the epic action/adventure films where good triumphs over evil. Nothing sums up the Major scales use in film and TV music like a good old heroes theme. And that's exactly what the music is there for, to reinforce the picture. When writing to picture it can be a fine line of melody, pace and instrumentation that will give you the right feeling. ![]() This is a tried and tested way of developing a theme for a character and then manipulating that theme for various situations the character might find themselves in. The instrumentation is very upbeat with Glockenspiels, harp glissandos and bells. It almost sounds like something you'd hear in a romantic comedy or Christmas movie. Same notes but this time the feeling is quite different. On a piano the C Major scale is represented by the white keys. It has no sharps or flats which makes it easy to read from the stave. The C Major scale is usually where we start when learning music. From sheer elation to feeling jolly to just being glad.Īll of these complex degrees of positive emotions can be conveyed by one simple scale, it just depends on how you deliver it! Construction It's not as simple as it sounds as there are many shades of happiness. ![]() There are other things we equate with positivity like triumph, goodness, hope, heroism, aspirations and the like. Happiness, love, contentment, delight, ecstasy, excitement, the list goes on. positive! So Many Shades Of Major!Īs people, we share a wide variety of positive emotions. I'm not even sure if I can pick just one to describe what that is. ![]() Sure it hasn't got the exotic flavors of Mixolydian b6 or the Phrygian dominant scale, but don't underestimate the power of this little scale! Besides being the scale that all other scales are compared to, the major scale evokes in all of us probably the most important human emotions there are. That's why in this last installment, I'm going back to the most basic scale of all, the major scale! In a world of glam and glitter, it's often the most plain and ordinary thing that can have the greatest impact. Sometimes it's easy to forget about the little guy. Part 3 (of 3), focuses in on the Major scale for those heroic journeys. In this short series, Toby Pitman explores how the best Hollywood composers convey emotion in their musical scores.
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