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Originally Posted by sub780lime
Have you ever watched a movie without a soundtrack, just dialogue. It is the most boring crap. I really can't believe it. Music has profound affect on the viewing experience. I think it can be used heighten an intense seen or bring our emotional levels down with our woebegone character. I personally, don't like when songs are used in movies, unless it is cleverly done. What I mean by that is if the character is in an elevator and you have a certain song playing, or near a radio, in the car, etc etc. The 80's were full of movies that just laid over songs over their scenes as opposed to pieces.
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Although I love Goldsmith and other composers, a number of my fave flicks have no music at all (except maybe source stuff coming out of the radio.)
A whole lot of Lumet movies are this way (NETWORK, THE HILL I think, probably a couple of his cop flicks), as is Bridges' THE CHINA SYNDROME, and to me they prove that really good storytelling for certain stories can work without the crutch of music.