Music in Film

Okay so for this one I chose the movie Watchmen. First of all it has a really good soundtrack and I think that every song is placed in the movie really well. At the beginning of the movie one of the superheroes was murdered; during his funeral they play "The Times They Are a-Changin'" which not only signified that the times were literally changing but also that the other superheroes needed to be careful. In another part of the movie when something bad was about to happen they would play jumpy music that put you on the edge of your seat. When two people in love were on the screen they played soft music such as "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. But I think that all good movies play a certain type of music for a certain type of situation. People would think that it's wierd if they were playing a love song while someone was getting beaten up. I think the only exception to that is the moive American Psycho, but I can't really think of another movie in which the songs aren't what society would call "appropriate" for a certain situation in a movie.