1. Introduction to Film
Music and Sound

2. History 1926, Don Juan 1927, The Jazz Singer
First movie that came out with a record of sound effects and music.
Industry laughed since silent films were so easy to follow.
1927, The Jazz Singer
First full length movie where songs and speech synched with the action.
Al Jolson’s “You ain’t heard nothing yet.”
“Talkies” were born.

3. History 1929 – Over 300 sound films. 1931 – Last silent film is made.
Impact of sound in films
Comedy became less slapstick and more dialogue
Some actors with accents lost their jobs
No more organs in theaters

4. Musical Score Early on most music made from existing songs.
1933, King Kong
First score written entirely for film.
Leitmotif – theme for different characters and situations
Jaws example

5. Songs Musicals Animations Dramas Singing in the Rain Moulin Rouge
Chicago
Animations
Toy Story
Beauty and the Beast
Dramas
Gangs of New York
Titanic

6. Sounds Almost all sound effects are created for the shot
Independence Day
Space ship engines – baboons screaming
Saving Private Ryan
Bullets entering water – fly lines being cast in water
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Punches – combo of leather jacket hitting a truck and ripe fruit being dropped on floor

7. Foley Artist Named after Jack Foley
Artist who records live sound effects in synchronization with the picture.
Footsteps
Rustle of clothes
Breathing
Weapon noises

8. Wilhelm Scream
The most famous sound effect you’ve all heard and didn’t know about.
Has been used in over 150 films, plus numerous TV shows and video games.
The Wilhelm scream is a frequently-used film and television stock sound effect first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums.[1] The effect gained new popularity (its use often becoming an in-joke) after it was used in Star Wars and many other blockbuster films as well as television programs and video games.[2] The scream is often used when someone is either falling to their death from great height or from an explosion.
The Wilhelm scream has become a well-known cinematic sound cliché, and is claimed to have been used in over 149 films.[3]
The sound is named for Private Wilhelm, a character in The Charge at Feather River, a 1953 western where the character is shot with an arrow. This was believed to be the second movie to use the sound effect and its first use from the Warner Brothers stock sound library.[4]