Types Of Film Music

As a branch of the movies sounds, film music has formed an indissoluble bond with movie since it has been born. According to Susan Sontag, movie is a kind of typical sensible art. The implantation of music makes the film get out of the tyranny of vision and becomes an artistic style with more perfect sensibility. After centuries of development, film music has become an indispensable part of movie arts because of its unique artistic features, various functions and forms.Through sorting out the present research both here and aboard on film music, building on comprehensive understanding and system combination, the present paper divides the film music respectively from the perspective of object and subject. By getting involved in the object, when we divide the type of film music, we consider the aspects of the position of appearing film music in the movie, the constitute element of the movie, the presenting manner of film music in the movie, the relationship between music and pictures, the role of music in the movie, and genre film. As well as the subject is concerned, we divide the film music by considering the representation of the music, the style of music, the source of the music. By dividing the film music comprehensively and systematically, the paper hopes to call on the theorist paying more attention on creation of film music, and thereby promotes the development of the film music and makes the film music a unique sonata on the screen.