Music's Work

Music. Who can live without it. Even the oldest man needs it. He may listen to the likes of Beethoven or Mozart, but it's still music. A new born child will fall asleep faster under the spell of his mother's soft lullaby. A song, a rhythm or even a bunch or random sounds can create a great atmosphere or, the lack thereof, can create a horrible atmosphere. Music is everywhere and, if you listen carefully, the sounds around you make a rhythm that'll make the moment special.

Movies use a method of music-using to heighten the mood they want to transmit. In action movies, they use high-end rock music to make the action sequences even more aggressive and cool. Others add soft piano notes to make the moment more emotional, which is mostly the reason the parts ARE emotional. Some other movies have a lack of music, and yet bring a feeling of impending danger and increasing fear. Why? Because no music or sounds except footsteps give the impression of being alone, and why's that? Because music and noise tells us we're not alone, which is also why sometimes, the following happens:

"She walked slowly down the mansion's path, no sound, no anything besides her lose footsteps ringing in the dark. Up in the sky the full moon hid behind a curtain of black clouds, drowning the world in darkness. She held her flashlight forward, her only ally in this mysterious and most silent of places. She walked into the Living room and, instantly, her heart began to raise as the radio she had just shown her back to began to play an unintelligible song..." (Extract from one of my stories.)

The above paragraph shows what many creators of fear do to set the scene for the enemy to appear. but not everything is about music is fear. Music can also be used to show someone what you don't have the words to describe. For example:

"He talked to the DJ, they agreed, and the plan would be carried out. The song began to play, Everything by Lifehouse, as he walked through the crowd and the DJ stated it was from him to her. He reached her and extended his hand towards her. She took it, blushing, and allowed him to lead her into the crowd, right under the spotlight. All around, murmur filled the air as he whispered softly the song in her ear and they swayed to it slowly."

To end this shortly, music can do anything you want, but only if you know how to use it. There's no moment where music isn't needed. In a funeral, in a birthday, in a play or in a movie, music plays it's part. Be it to be happy or sad, we'll always have music with us, it's our friend and it'll always say the right words at the moment we need them.

My Regards,

Ell J. Converse