Analysis Of Like A Dog Chasing Car By Hans Zimmer - 881 Words

First Selection: I chose to start my first song, â€Å"Like a Dog Chasing Car† by Hans Zimmer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox7S0Nttbh0) from the very beginning and at 1:50:53 in the movie/ where he says â€Å"hang him from the bridge†. I feel like this scene had an astonishing amount of tension and suspense. Rob Roy was fighting for his life and as can be seen in the movie was willing to do anything to get away. I thought the song conveyed that sense of running and tension that the movie showed. In the song I chose, it starts out soft but has a crescendo as the music continues. I thought this fit with the scene very well, because at first when Rob Roy jumps off the bridge it is more surprising than suspenseful, but then as the scene continues it†¦show more content†¦I wanted to show the sadness through a piece that everyone did not automatically assume would be there, but did actually fit the scene. The piece is also polyphonic because of the music behind the multiple voic es. The tempo and the dynamics really do not change a whole lot throughout the piece till near the very end. The voices and the music all have a decrescendo and the tempo also slows down quite a bit, this adds a good sense of ending to the piece. So I ended it at this point in the song, 16:01 and this also leads into the next scene in the movie, so the song ends at 1:54:46 in the movie. The voices are in harmony at the beginning and it shows a clashing of sound and they become unison by the end. This also shows the winding down of both the scene and the movement, and after the movement there is a slight cadence. Additionally, there is some dissonance between the voices that add to the sense of wrong, bad, or just add a more dramatic tone. Third Selection: The second piece starts 0:24 seconds into the song and 1:54:47/ when Mary is lying in bed and sees Rob Roy for the first time. Rob Roy is beaten and clearly has not seen Mary in a very long time. Mary is happy, but I get that the there is an underlying theme of sadness, because of what Mary has to tell him. I wanted to show the sadness, but also the happiness of them being reunited. The song â€Å"Beethoven String Quartet No 14