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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: Lyndon on December 28, 2008, 05:26:59 pm
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Can someone name me some movies that have no music, or certain scenes with no music, which conventionally would
To name a few myself,
No country for old men
Alien
The Birds
Before Sunrise/sunset
Escape from Alcatraz
Know of any others?
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I can't think of specific ones but this is one of the rules in Dogme 95 so I guess you could look into those films.
Music must not be used unless it occurs within the scene being filmed, i.e., diegetic
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i was pretty sure i heard a little bit of score in no country for old men here and there. i mean there wasn't loads, definitely not, but maybe i just misread a couple of sound effects as musical notes but i dunno
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It doesn't matter if they have some music in it. Basically I just want some scenes from movies that purposely don't have any music where they might typically have some
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i'm pretty sure the seventh seal and maybe some other ingmar bergman movies do that kind of thing.
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i was pretty sure i heard a little bit of score in no country for old men here and there. i mean there wasn't loads, definitely not, but maybe i just misread a couple of sound effects as musical notes but i dunno
no ive watched it a few times and theres no music thats not part of the scene. i think there was music durring the credits though, i cant really remember
edit: lyndon are you asking so you can write music over them? i've thought about doing something similar but havent had time
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No Country for Old Men had absolutely no music until the credits. That was awesome.
I remember Cast Away having no music at all during the guy's time on the island, but there was music through the other parts.
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no ive watched it a few times and theres no music thats not part of the scene. i think there was music durring the credits though, i cant really remember
edit: lyndon are you asking so you can write music over them? i've thought about doing something similar but havent had time
yeah, I'm putting together a showreel
I've realised that Alien has got quite a lot of music in it, so I can't use that.
I am going to try Castaway. There are some good scenes in it as I remember.
I need more though!
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I must be one of those guys THAT DOES NOT PAY ATTENTION TO MUSIC IN FILMS.
except, say, Venus In Furs in Last Days or something
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i just watched 'control'. i remember thinking there was music missing in it.
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I think The Straight Story had no music but at the same time it might've had WILLIE NELSON strumming away it's been so long I can't remember but it seemed like the kind of movie that would be silent
also try movies about deaf people
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dog day afternoon had no music except the intro credits!!
thats all i knew..
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i'm kind of used to watching stuff with no or very little music now. like if there is a lot of score in a film i just find it kind of obnoxious. it's pretty dumb to use a lot of music in a film anyway. i mean it can enhance the emotions you feel i guess but it is pretty manipulative.
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For obvious reasons, Cloverfield doesn't have any music until the credits.
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Alien
Someone always beats me to mentioning this movie for just about any good reason.
Anyway, there's a scene in Dante's Peak where someone's escaping from a tunnel that's collapsing. No music. In one interview for some weird documentary we had to watch in college the editor of that particular film mused that the actual sound effects added way better tension than music could have done.
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I can't think of specific ones but this is one of the rules in Dogme 95 so I guess you could look into those films.
Just rewatched festen (the first Dogme film) today... It's considerably emotional and compelling, especially considering the lack of music.
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i'm kind of used to watching stuff with no or very little music now. like if there is a lot of score in a film i just find it kind of obnoxious. it's pretty dumb to use a lot of music in a film anyway. i mean it can enhance the emotions you feel i guess but it is pretty manipulative.
whoah...i don't like myself right here.
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Yeah jamie I really didn't like that post
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No Country for Old Men had absolutely no music until the credits. That was awesome.
I remember Cast Away having no music at all during the guy's time on the island, but there was music through the other parts.
no country for old men was also a boring piece of shit coincidence??
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Almost as boring as your consistantly negative and sarcastic posts, dom.
ON TOPIC: I've heard The China Syndrome has no soundtrack and is quite good.
Also, similarly to Cloverfield, I (think) The Blair Witch Project has no music.
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I took a Music in Film course last semester, and it really helped me realize the importance of music (or lack thereof) in a scene. It really adds a psychological subtext to a film that could be otherwise impossible.
For instance, before film scores were widespread, the film "The Lost Weekend" was screened with no intentions of adding music. It was supposed to be a serious film about the effects of alcoholism, but the audience laughed throughout most of the drunken antics. A dramatic score was added to the final cut, and the mood was completely flipped, making it one of the best dramatic movies of its time.
On the other hand, I thought the lack of music in No Country gave it a really weird vibe. The gratuitous violence with no music (and none of that dramatic bullet-time slow-mo crap) gave it a very shocking, realistic, and at times even depressing effect. I don't see what the big deal was about this one. Critics and some people I know have been raving about it, but I didn't see anything too spectacular. It's supposed to be based off a book, so maybe I'm just missing some underlying themes (only watched it once). Hard to get into a character's head when there's little dialog and no music to set any mood. Actually, I don't even see how the title pertains to the film.
edit: also, didn't Falling Down lack a film score?
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The China Syndrome
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Phantom of the opera.