It used to be that classical music didn’t always pair well with just any film. Nowadays, and for quite a while I might add, the classics have been paired with a wide variety of movies in a way that has heightened film and music to a degree that has piqued the interest of the audience. Good classical music, such as Mozart, can get people interested in learning more. It can touch a listener in a way they didn’t expect and entice them to follow the thread of that particular piece to a place they might not have expected it to lead. In films, it can also distract them so that they don’t see what’s coming until it’s too late.
Mozart’s a fun bit of music to add to any movie. It allows you to get lost in the music and forget why you’re looking so hard for the next scene.
5. Now You See Me 2 – The Magic Flute
Find a track that complements a film and you will heighten them both in the estimation of the crowd. Now You See Me 2 was a sequel that not many people put a lot of faith in but was surprisingly, and thankfully so, entertaining despite the fact that one cast member did not return. Her replacement was actually quite good and even a little more personable, bringing a heightened sense of playfulness to the film that was badly needed.
4. Creed – Lord Knows
Believe it or not, classical music and physical training can pair well together and have done so in the past. The power inherent in certain songs can give rise to new songs that will use them as the basis and thereby create an even stronger track that, thanks to the blending of the old and the new, will be the much more powerful and carry a new level of meaning to the film that it is attached to.
3. Let’s Be Cops – String Quartet in G Major
This track is definitely fitting for this scene but somehow the scene itself seems out of place in this film. Granted, it’s a couple of guys trying to fit in and become known men in their neighborhood. But really it feels like this was an attempt to just fit as much into the movie as possible. It serves a good point, as it shows why one of the cops has a feeling of inadequacy and a severe lack of drive in his life, but otherwise it’s kind of an awkward scene.
2. Lucy – Requiem
The argument of how much of our brain we use isn’t really the best argument to make in any company. It’s how efficiently we use our brains. And it’s also the levels of imagination we can go to in deciding just how far our scope can go and what we are capable of if somehow allowed to trigger every function of our brains at the same time. There would be literally nothing a person could not do it seems in the movie world, and even less that they would deem worthy of doing.
1. The King’s Speech – The Logue Method
If you look at a leader of a country and figure they have it all together and are supremely confident beings you might be surprised. A good number of them project a confident and very domineering presence in public, but are a total mess away from the cameras. Learning to be strong in front of the people and away from them is something that a leader must know in order to be an effective model of control when it comes to guiding their country.
Mozart is a wonderful addition that is thought-provoking and can cause a movie to take on much deeper meaning than it’s creators might have originally intended.
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