ASIAN CINEMA AUDIBLES: Seven Movies That Relied On Music To Tell The Story
Music in the entertainment industry is used for more than just to set the mood for the audience, it becomes part of the film. Mostly it has been utilized as the backdrop to set a scene. However, musical scores are also used to tell more of the story, especially when there is no dialogue to push it forward. Sometimes producers and directors will even lean on the music within their films, instead of action or character development. Most of the time, Hollywood movies adequately depict the essence and have long been studied for their use of music in the appropriate times. But, what about Asian films? Everyone is familiar with some of the amazing Asian cinematic theme songs like the ones shown in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with it’s “Night Fight Theme Music” and winning the honor and Oscar for Best Original Score (and also no wonder that it spawned […]