It is true that a picture is worth a thousand words, yes, but in the world of cinema, when the image alone fails to convey what we want, it is necessary to add new elements to help us. This is the case of the dialogues, the sounds that are not seen, and of course the music. Music is part of the script, it is another actor, it is an important and fundamental part of the narrative.
Where images do not reach
A quick and easy way to check this is to imagine a scene from a movie without music. You will see that although the image is very powerful, the scene does not transmit the same, and then, maybe you don’t feel fear, or peace or tension. Can you imagine Rose saying goodbye to Jack in Titanic without the music that James Horner composed for that scene?
Josué Vergara, our friend, composer, collaborator and BlogCast guest will explain it perfectly in the video we have recorded with him in his studio. He also tells us that he started making music for film by muting the scenes of the movies that he would later rewrite the soundtrack for.Wonderful!
In the world of cinema, unless it is a condition of the script, it is impossible to leave aside the music, the soundtrack. And that’s because when we tell a story, and as I said before, neither the story itself, nor the images are enough, you have to use other narrative elements, such as the soundtrack.
Original music in exchange for library music
Although in the world of cinema there is always a composer to create the soundtrack, it is very common to have to resort to library music for many of today’s audiovisual productions.
But of course, choosing music from a library is not the same as choosing original music created explicitly for a scene, sequence, shot or film.
Library music, even if it is very popular, is of high quality and fits your project, it is true that it will never have in its guts what music composed expressly for your project will have; a coherent musical narrative throughout the project. And that will transcend the screen, and will reach the viewers.
Luckily we collaborate with Josué as composer for the projects that come to us and require more than just music. Contact us to learn more.
But who is Josué Vergara? We invite you to continue reading this post, but also to watch this video that contains the full talk with Josué.
Josué Vergara, film music composer
Josué Vergara is an excellent Valencian film music composer. Among his achievements there are important awards in Hollywood, participation as composer in documentaries and important and successful films or being the composer of AER, the official anthem of the Air and Space Army. Together with him we are producing and directing AER(more information).
You only have to “browse” his career to hear film music, made and designed to tell stories. We have asked him many questions, and his answers, of course, are very, very interesting.
This is the direct link to their website their Instagram and their Spotify channel www.josuevergara.com
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EL CLAROSCURO FILMS is a film production company registered with the ICAA (Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts) of the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
