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Leitmotif associated with Siegfried's horn call in Richard Wagner's 1876 opera, Siegfried. A leitmotif or Leitmotiv [1] (/ ˌ l aɪ t m oʊ ˈ t iː f /) is a "short, recurring musical phrase" [2] associated with a particular person, place, or idea.
Commentators have compared Peter Jackson's 2001–2003 The Lord of the Rings film trilogy with the book on which it was based, J. R. R. Tolkien's 1954–1955 The Lord of the Rings, remarking that while both have been extremely successful commercially, the film version does not necessarily capture the intended meaning of the book.
"The smallest structural unit possessing thematic identity". [1] Grove and Larousse [ 6 ] also agree that the motif may have harmonic, melodic and/or rhythmic aspects, Grove adding that it "is most often thought of in melodic terms, and it is this aspect of the motif that is connoted by the term 'figure'."
Film music historian Timothy Schuerer wrote, "The elements of post (late) romantic music that had greatest impact on scoring are its lush sound, expanded harmonic language, chromaticism, use of program music and use of Leitmotifs. Hollywood composers found the post-romantic idiom compatible with their efforts in scoring film". [48]
By contrast, the background music that cannot be heard by the characters in the movie is termed non-diegetic or extradiegetic. An example of this is in Rocky , where Bill Conti 's " Gonna Fly Now " plays non-diegetically as Rocky makes his way through his training regimen, finishing on the top steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art with his ...
The first half of the track is played when Batman and Gordon discuss on the rooftop before the SWAT unit storms the building; the second half (slightly edited in the movie) is played when Batman fights the SWAT unit in order to save the hostages dressed as clowns. The title comes from a Joker's line in the hospital. 9 "I Am the Batman" 1:59
Mickey Mousing occurred with forms of the Villain's Theme, such as with steps synchronized with the notes [1] Play ⓘ. In animation and film, "Mickey Mousing" (synchronized, mirrored, or parallel scoring) is a film technique that syncs the accompanying music with the actions on screen, "Matching movement to music", [2] or "The exact segmentation of the music analogue to the picture."
The Danish Tolkien Ensemble has set all the songs in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to music.. The music of Middle-earth consists of the music mentioned by J. R. R. Tolkien in his Middle-earth books, the music written by other artists to accompany performances of his work, whether individual songs or adaptations of his books for theatre, film, radio, and games, and music more generally ...