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

a sudden event, caused by natural and not human activity, for example an earthquake or flood

creating original music for film or television that enhances the narrative

using music to amplify the impact of a narrative beyond the visual on screen

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

Task A - film score (a)

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Task A - film score (b)

Task A - film score (c)

Explanation example - Orca Pod impacted by climate change

Check - what happens when the natural disaster occurs on 25 seconds?

Pupil tutorial - how to add a dramatic ending (Bandlab) - video

Orca pod impacted by climate change - film score - created using a DAW - video

Orca pod impacted by climate change - Classroom Perc (Audio)

Task B - How does your film score compare?

Four White Horses - singing game - slow (video)

Four White Horses - singing game - fast (video)

Echo body percussion (video)

Four White Horses - with vocals - fast -  (audio)

Four White Horses - backing track - fast -  (audio)

Nanuma - unison (audio)

Nanuma - 4-part round (audio)

Four White Horses - backing track - slow - (audio)

Nanuma - 2-part round (audio)

Four White Horses - with vocals - slow -  (audio)

Film music: drama

Music

Film music: habitats

Film music: characters

Film music: atmosphere

In this optional 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

The music from the Planet Earth series is an excellent example of ...

In film music, when we are composing, we call this ...

to suggest that something is about to change

to write long detailed and complicated melodies

How might a motif be used in a film score?

Structure is the way the music is organised. __________ is the combination of different layers of sound.

{{}} is one of the musical elements. It means how fast or slow the music is played.

What is the name for a musical part that supports the main melody?

Spot which of these musical terms are **not** one of the elements of music

People who watch and listen to a musical performance are called the ...

Film music: drama

Lesson outcome