On The Application Of Spectrum Morphology In The Soundtrack Of Gravity

The artistic expression of music becomes rich and colorful in the present.In middle and late 20th century,with the development of science and technology,the electronic music was developing rapidly.The demand for sound is not limited to the traditional musical instruments.Electronic music entered into people's vision as a new form of music,which was refreshing.Electronic music can create anything you can think of as a voice,from traditional to modern,from the reality to the surreal,dazzling the eyes.For the audience,the traditional instruments,with the help of physical sound,are discontinuous.With the development of high-end technology,electronic music can be infinitely shortened or elongated,reversed or compressed,through the sound processing technology to deal with any deformation or combination to make the desired sound patterns.The continuous exploration and exploration of electronic music for the new tone expands the possibility of music creation,and greatly enhance the breadth of its application.Directed by Alfonso Caron,starred by George Clunie and Sandra Bullock,"The Gravity)" won 7 prizes in the eighty-sixth Oscar,in which the electronic music had been widely used.Since most of the scenes of the film take place in space,in this context,the soundtrack is not confined to the traditional orchestra.The appearance and application of the electronic music has enriched the possibility of the music score,and added a lot of realism to the film.So that the space shuttle noise and radio waves and other sound effects can be added into the whole film soundtrack,then the boring noise sound suddenly became music.With the process of electronic music,the traditional sense of the instrument become more texture,more close to the film,and fully express the contents of the film to the audience.The wonderful use of electronic music in the film music plays an indelible role in the success of "The Gravity of the Earth".Traditional music analyzes the works through the "notes system",the intuition of music can make us see the whole work's internal structure.With the analysis of works and orchestration of polyphonic composition technique,we can fully understand the work of the core ideas and concepts of composition.As the electronic music different from traditional music,it has a set of its own "sound system",the exploration and research into this "sound system",has become the object we want to explore for further analysis.In 1986,Denis Smalley proposed the concept and terminology,"Spectromorphology",as a tool for describing and analyzing electronic music.This is a major breakthrough in the analysis of the spectrum of music history.Spectrum morphology refers to that with the passage of time,the acoustic spectrum will sense the sound footprint,which was a great breakthrough and improvement.The term consists of two parts:spectro,the interaction among the acoustic spectrum,and morpholpgy,their ways of changing and forming over time.Spectro,the interaction among the acoustic spectrum,cannot be separated from morphology,their ways of changing and forming over time,and vice versa,the two both are indispensable.Smalley believed that something must have a shape,and the shape must have sound content.The present of the shape can be shown through the Sonogram and frequency spectrum.The research of this thesis is the sound,music,and the relationship between them in "The Gravity of the Earth" whose music was made by Steven Price.The sound effect is not limited to the sound machine,but was presented in the whole film in two different levels.The first level is the sound effects itself,such as the "space shuttle current noise" or "pulse" noise.This sound is often not pleasant just like normal noise,but it reflects the reality of the irreplaceable voice.The second level is music.The composer turned the sound part of the shuttle's current sound or "pulse"noise into" musical "sounds,and blended them into the music melody and rhythm,to make the sound not only simple,but more" musical".Sound noise and music,these two levels will have some overlap,but these two levels have total difference in the functional performance more or less in the hearing.Based on the soundtrack in the film "The Gravity of the Earth",this paper takes "spectrum morphology" as the theoretical basis,combined with the specific contents of the film to explore the use of music in the film.Mobilizes the auditory and visual aid,through spectrogram and acoustic spectrum of the film's soundtrack fragments,makes direct analysis;and uses scientific means and professional theory to sense the movie's inner meaning,and to deeply explore the mysteries of the sound.