Music - MYP 4 and 5 - Samuel Wright - Hodder 2020

What do you ? hear
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2 What do you about all the different parts?
think
What does it make you about the story?
wonder
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10 How can strings become psycho? 279
How can a melody or rhythm be
reinterpreted for storytelling?
In this section, we are going to use our ears to deconstruct musical ideas aurally.
Rhythms, melodies and chords are all very important; however, the ability to tell a
story and capture this in music is the ultimate aim of any film composer.
SEE–THINK–WONDER
to the track ‘Home Fires’ (2015) by composer
Listen
lyrics are obscured by the fact that there are
“The
different lines being sung at once, but that’s
several
Samuel Sim on the playlist or via Sim’s Soundcloud at
of the point. Ultimately they [the protagonists]
part
strength in their unity with others… The
found
https://soundcloud.com/samuel77/home-fires-main-theme.
has a very circular structure and I think the
music
certainly helps…”
repetition
Now in your portfolio
use
the writing prompts below
Samuel Sims
as well as the acronym
IDEA
to answer the following
questions:
As we look to the next activity, bear in mind that if
you write music for films, games or media, you are a
storyteller.
Figure 10.21 Ostinato and initial harmony from Home Fires
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AND TRANSFORMING
IMAGINING
2011, a very special short film was developed by a
masterful work. In a rather unusual twist, Hunter was asked
In
company called Moonbot Studios. This animation, and
to collaborate with the directors, making sure his music
subsequent children’s book called
The Fantastic Flying Books
assisted in the storytelling project. In the end he wrote ‘only’
of Mr Morris Lessmore, has been described as a powerful
17 minutes of music, but it was the approach he took that
example of storytelling. However, before we step into our
we will now explore.
musical activities, let’s take a few moments to watch the
“It was a very unconventional way of working but it
animation here: https://youtu.be/Ad3CMri3hOs
really helped tailor the music like no other method”
The composer of this animation, John Hunter from
John Hunter
www.breed-music.com, was nominated for an Oscar for his
Figure 10.22 ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’
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