Fun Poll Time: Does Film Music Belong In The Same Category As Classical Music?

[Mirror Image]

I agree, it is like Delius was writing music for Cinemascope pictures before they were even invented.

That's one thing a commentator made on that BBC documentary about Delius is that a work like On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring could very well be considered film music because of its music depiction of this bird out in the forest, but, of course, it was written before film existed.

[Mirror Image]

Maybe I should have added the "sometimes" option?

[71 dB]

I never noticed the music while watching movies.   

Most people don't notice music while watching movies but it does affect the emotional experience (that's why they put music in movies!). The movies you have watched would have feld very different without music or with different music.

[Brian]

Most people don't notice music while watching movies but it does affect the emotional experience (that's why they put music in movies!). The movies you have watched would have feld very different without music or with different music.

To test this, put the shower scene from Psycho on the TV, press "Mute," and use your stereo to start playing Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass!

Of course, you can do the same thing with the mute button on YouTube.
Psycho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VP5jEAP3K4
Herb Alpert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iDCPCfh_kw

Enjoy!

[Brian]

To test this, put the shower scene from Psycho on the TV, press "Mute," and use your stereo to start playing Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass!

Of course, you can do the same thing with the mute button on YouTube.
Psycho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VP5jEAP3K4
Herb Alpert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iDCPCfh_kw

Enjoy!

I just actually did this and it was one of the most bizarrely hilarious experiences I can remember having.

[North Star]

I just actually did this and it was one of the most bizarrely hilarious experiences I can remember having.

+1, awesome stuff   

[Christo]

I does turn Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass' Spanish Flea into a classical film score indeed. 

[Karl Henning]

What's next? Listening to Delius with the sound turned down on The Silence of the Lambs? ; )

[TheGSMoeller]

George Crumb while watching Dora the Explorer... is Dora trying to save that puppy, or kill it?

[Daverz]

What's next? Listening to Delius with the sound turned down on The Silence of the Lambs? ; )

Both are excruciating enough separately.

[mszczuj]

And what about Saint-Saens?

Could we count him as the Classical Music Composer or is he hopelessly the Film Music one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tm7QD0R8u4

[sound67]

And what about Saint-Saens?

Could we count him as the Classical Music Composer or is he hopelessly the Film Music one?

Hopelessly?!

To answer the original question: Yes, "symphonic" film music is a sub-genre of classical music, as much as ballet, stage or radio scores or opera are.

[Wanderer]

So the only acceptable answer is "sometimes."

Ditto. To the poll creator, with love.

What's next? Listening to {enter composer's name} with the sound turned down on {enter film's name}? ; )

I'm doing that all the time, it's great!