Using music in the film

Today when we shoot the scene old lady stand and begin dance look like a young guy. I said to Karina about how to edit and add the music to the film. I think that it is good for the movie when we add the noise and fashion song / even hiphop for this scene. It will help to support the effect of movie and characters in the film.
We think we will research for the music.




There is no question about that music is an extremely important component in film. As a filmmaker we must figure out what kind of music we want to use and when we want to use it (and when you don’t want to use it).

The music helps us to establish the tempo of a specific scene, but can also create a certain feeling to the film and give it a unique character.

Take for example the films The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967), Harold & Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971) and The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999). These films would not have been the same without the music by Simon & Garfunkel, Cat Stevens or Air. And try thinking about Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) without the music by Bernard Hermann or Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977) without the music by John Williams. Is it even possible?

As an independent filmmaker we may find it attractive to use that great song from our CD-collection, but if we want to show the film to a broader audience that could get us into serious trouble. This is a problem all filmmakers sooner or later are facing: I can’t use the music I want to use because of copyright laws.

I can handle this issue in two ways: by getting original music to our film or by getting permission to use existing music.

We asked one dvoted composer and one dvoted filmmaker about their thoughts’ about film music. What’s the good thing about composing our own original music? How do Iget a specific song in the film? Read their answers in the two articles below.


Ripina Nguyen