Part B · Film Music: sound, texture and rhythmic processes Film Music mind map
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Instrument colour
Family / register: Identify family first; range and technique affect the sound
Strings: Bow, pluck, tremolo, divided parts and muting alter colour
Wind / electronic: Attack, mutes, pitched percussion and synthesis alter sonority
Layers / roles
Texture evidence: One line, melody with support or independent moving lines
Expression / contrast
Shape the event: Loudness and articulation can build towards or mark a cut
Silence / exposure: Removing layers can expose dialogue or make an attack striking
Pulse / repetition
Beat versus activity: More surface notes do not necessarily increase tempo
Ostinato / accents: Repeated patterns and displaced accents shape continuity
Gradual process: Layer, add, subtract or shift alignment; phasing differs from a phaser
Connections
Instrument colour → Layers / roles: Doubling an existing line thickens sound without adding an independent melody.
Expression / contrast → Pulse / repetition: A changing texture can reshape the effect of a continuing repeated pattern.
