Sound tracks pre-recorded

The Great Catsby

A sound track that is pre-recorded is a piece of music that is already know as a song, or it can be a piece of music that was especially pre recorded for a specific scene in a film. Different sounds can also be prerecorded to match a movement for a specific character, you would find this mostly in cartoons.

Throughout 'The great catsby' trailer, pre recorded music is always playing. At times the music is very faint and quiet whilst dialogue is spoken over it, and at other times for example near the end of the trailer, the pre recorded music is played loudly above everything else that is happening in the moving image, although small sections of dialogue are still being spoken. From the beginning of the trailer when dialogue is spoken the audience is listening to someones personal thoughts and experience of what they are seeing but this ends 0:31. The dialogue that is then spoken afterwards is between the actors and actresses. The reason the director Buz Luhrmann chose for the music to be loud above everything else near the end of the trailer, is to show a climax of events that happen throughout the film. The soundtrack that is played at the end definitely matches the moving image and what it is showing. The moving image plays fast through a serious of events whilst the soundtrack is loud indicating important and significant moments of the film. I would say that at the end of the trailer sound motif is also used at key moments. For eg at 2:08-2:09 and then again at 2:13. Anger is shown at these spicific moments, the music compliments it well as it is loud and the singer is slightly screaming which is powerful and fierce, just what the moving image needs.

Buzz Luhrmann found a few artists to sing on the different soundtracks that are played in the film. He chose different artists to sing for different moods that occur during the film.

List of artists he chose-

Will.I.am, Andre 3000, Jay z, Fergie, Q Tip, GoonRock, Lana Del Rey, The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, Beyonce, Florence and the machine, The XX, Gotye, Nero, and Sia.

Madagascar 3

Pre-recorded music is also used in Madagascar 3. Different types of pre-recorded music is playing most of the time throughout the trailer. The pre recorded drums that are playing at the beginning of the trailer indicate that a major event is about to happen or something significant that is in the film is coming up. Different types of pre recorded music can definitely change the feel of a movie. For eg, the violin that plays at 0.19 seconds, creates a suspicious atmosphere. the audience is then left suspecting something to happen. Then the animals rise out of the water, so the pre-recorded music matches the moving image well for effect, it is also comical. At 0.35 seconds, the pre-recorded music is played louder for effect as the tv is flying out the window. If the music wasn't played in the background, the moving image itself wouldn't look or feel dramatic enough on its own as it could be. At 1.04 seconds the music in the background isn't playing but a pre-recorded swoosh or metal slamming sound has been pre-recorded to match the words as they draw back and come to a stand still. This is done sharply and is really effective.