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**khjhkfggt** · 11-22-2011, 06:14 AM

I think we need to make a distinction between film soundtracks and film soundtracks on their own.

A lot of soundtracks sound great when accompanying the film (which is their primary purpose anyway) but sound horrible on their own.

I believe that soundtracks should not be classified as other music since they belong within another artform of filmmaking.

See, I don't quite agree there. There are plenty of decent atmospheric scores, but those scores just don't play well without the film footage.

I think the mark of a truly great Score is that it can stand on its own as a musical piece without the film for which it was wrote.

11-22-2011, 06:14 AM	#32
khjhkfggt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	I think we need to make a distinction between film soundtracks and film soundtracks on their own. A lot of soundtracks sound great when accompanying the film (which is their primary purpose anyway) but sound horrible on their own. I believe that soundtracks should not be classified as other music since they belong within another artform of filmmaking. See, I don't quite agree there. There are plenty of decent atmospheric scores, but those scores just don't play well without the film footage. I think the mark of a truly great Score is that it can stand on its own as a musical piece without the film for which it was wrote.
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