Happy National Film Score Day! On April 3, today recognizes the musical masterpieces called “Film Scores” and, more specifically, the very talented composers who create them.
As the opening scenes of a long-anticipated movie begin flickering across the silver screen, a rising cadence undulates through the theater setting the mood. A musical note plays, then two.
Soon the theater fills with a beautifully layered orchestral music masterwork. This musical accompaniment to the film you’re watching is called the “film score.”
Imagine your favorite film without a few well-placed notes enhancing the emotion of a dramatic on-screen exchange. Or a chase scene without rousing orchestral music elevating the intensity. Would Jaws, Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings films be the same without their complementary musical scores?
Without the film score, would we cower so easily in fear from our seats. Would our imaginations so eagerly suspend from reality? Music heightens emotions. It also sharpens our senses and focuses our attention. Without a doubt, the film score is the fiery soul of a film.
Throughout film history, we quickly recognize our favorite movies merely by a few notes of a film’s orchestral soundtrack. Perennial classics and modern-day blockbusters call to us when we hear the film scores we love most.
Despite years or decades, those chords often ignite a rush of fond memories. And with each new film released, a talented composer creates another magnificent work of musical art. Each one eliciting a new set of lasting movie memories.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Decades of accomplished composers from Miklós Rózsa, Bernard Herrmann, Leonard Bernstein and Ennio Morricone to Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, John Barry, Howard Shore, James Horner, Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman – hundreds more too numerous to name – have created lifetimes of masterworks.
Share with National Day Calendar® your most memorable film score moments.
Do your favorite include Williams’ sweeping film scores for Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark or Jurassic Park? Is it Goldsmith’s music for Planet of the Apes, Alien or Poltergeist? Or is it Horner’s scores for Braveheart, Titanic or Avatar?
Do your favorite include Williams’ sweeping film scores for Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark or Jurassic Park? Is it Goldsmith’s music for Planet of the Apes, Alien or Poltergeist? Or is it Horner’s scores for Braveheart, Titanic or Avatar?
Use #NationalFilmScoreDay to share your fond movie music memories on social media.
HISTORY
American owner/programmer Jeffrey D. Kern from Movie Scores and More Radio founded National Film Score Day three years ago today to celebrate and highlight the tireless achievements of the talented composers.
The day also honors their treasured musical masterworks that bring so much joy to moviegoers around the globe!
You can find out more about Movie Scores and More Radio by visiting the website below:
Why April 3rd?
On April 3, 1942, Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer Zoltan Korda’s American Technicolor action/adventure film 'Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book' was released. The legendary composer, Hungarian-American composer Miklós Rózsa, created the orchestral score.
The following year, a recording made directly from the soundtrack was published in its entirety on 78-RPM record album with narration by Indian film actor Sabu Dastagir (credited under the name Sabu), the film’s star.
The soundtrack for 'Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book' became the first commercial recording of a non-musical American film’s orchestral score to ever be released. The album was a success.
On April 3rd, National Film Score Day commemorates the release date of the first commercial recording of a non-musical American film’s orchestral score – 'Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book' originally premiered in 1942!
Beginning in 2018, the Registrar at National Day Calendar® proclaimed National Film Score Day to be observed annually.
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