Moviemakers make banks when they have hit movies like a walk on the moon (1999) or titanic (1997) on their creation list. It is indeed a lucrative job being a movie director or producer, but you have got to take into account that many essential aspects factor a movie’s success like:
- Casting
- Scores
- Plot
- Script
- Genre
- Production
- Budget
- Marketing
Of course, everyone wishes for the best when they directed a movie but do you know that soundtracks are seriously underrated when it comes to movie making? Check out the top reasons why music affects a movie’s success down below:
It Creates Atmosphere for the Audience
When you watch a movie, you often notice a certain ambiance inside the theatre for each genre. When you watch a horror movie, there’s this palpable eeriness in the air as if you’re one of the movie characters running for your life, or when you watch a comedy; there’s this veil of lightness in the room as if you have no problem and you just want to be happy.
Those kinds of atmospheres are guided by the music and soundtrack of the movie. The production house adds a lot of layers into the film using the perfect music and soundtracks for each moment. For example, Jurassic Park uses John Williams’ amazing score to evoke a sense of amazement and wonder from the crowd when the park owner and billionaire John Hammond brought the group to see a herd of brachiosaurus at the park. This particular scene would end up sticking into the back of the audience’s mind because of the amazing score, so it proves that music affects a movie’s success.
It Creates Iconic Moments
You already know that part of Jurassic Park’s success was because of the incredible score produced by John Williams, and that is exactly what iconic moments in movies are all about. A movie director wants to create iconic movie moments that are memorable and can be cemented to the back of the audience’s minds for many years to come. But one cannot achieve iconic status without the help of an experienced music composer, and certain scenes in a movie became iconic because of how perfect the soundtrack is for that particular moment; further, proving how important soundtracks are in building a movie’s success.
It Adds Value
Can you imagine what movies would be like without sounds? Of course, silent movies are considered ahead of their time when they first came out in 1903, but they would not be as successful without the sound for the people of today. When a movie is equipped with the perfect sound effects and music, it automatically adds value to it that can help the audience paint a better picture in their minds of what’s happening.
Suspenseful music can give a sort of eeriness, a comedic sound effect translates into a funny atmosphere, and epic soundtracks speaks action and excitement. And since there are many kinds of excellent music and sound effects out there, this is why many of today’s movies are financially successful.
