5/26/2023 0 Comments Amarcord lead sheet![]() (1) In this article, I therefore propose an analytical system that expands and adapts Caplin 1998 in order to categorize the gamut of film music themes in some detail. While the associations and meanings of film themes, usually in the form of leitmotifs, have been given much attention in the scholarly literature, most recently in Bribitzer-Stull 2015 and Audissino 2014, rigorous study of their phrase structure remains virtually unexplored territory. ![]() ![]() Not only do they fulfill an associative role that adds emotional depth to characters, relationships, places, and the like, but from a broader perspective, they also become part of an entire film’s identity, to the point where they are often referred to as “the theme from” the film in question. Themes are one of film music’s most memorable and iconic elements. Copyright © 2016 Society for Music Theory
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