on original piece of music composed to accompany a film or television programme that contributes to the narrative by adding emotion, tension or drama

creating original music for film or television that enhances the narrative

using music to create the emotional mood or tone of the narrative

a short recurring musical idea in a film score that represents a place, character, emotion or idea

Explanation - example film score - orca hunt - audio

British English CC

Pupil tutorial - adding a predator (Bandlab) - video

Orca pod hunting - example film score - created using DAW - video

Orca pod hunting - example film score - classroom percussion - audio

Check and Task B - feedback - example film score - orca hunt - audio

Echo Body Percussion Rhythms (example video)

Tamborȇs (O Ba Ba) - level 1 (video)

Tamborȇs (O Ba Ba) - level 1 with a partner (video)

Nanuma - four part round (audio)

Nanuma - unison (audio)

Tamborȇs (O Ba Ba) (audio)

Nanuma - two part round (audio)

Tamborȇs (O Ba Ba) - level 2 (video)

Film music: atmosphere

Music

Film music: habitats

Film music: characters

Film music: drama

In this unit, pupils are introduced to the term, film music. They study many examples of film music composed for the BBC nature documentaries Planet Earth II and Planet Earth III and use these as their inspiration for composing their own film scores.

Compose and create: nature documentary inspired film scores

A short recurring musical idea in a film score that represents a place, character, emotion or idea is called a ...

because a story cannot be told without music

Why are film scores used in films and television series?

True or false? A motif in a film score can change and adapt.

When considering how to order a film score to fit the narrative, which element of music are you thinking about?

the ingredients needed for a piece of music

a musical thought, like a sentence in a story

How might you describe the elements of music?

The violin, viola, cello and double bass belong to the {{}} family.

The musical element {{}} means 'the way the music is organised', thinking about what comes first and then what comes next.

Starter Quiz

How might you describe the elements of music?