Category Archives: Music in Film

Movie Trailer Music: Eat Pray Love

Julia Roberts’s much anticipated movie, Eat Pray Love, comes out on August 13. I thought the song used in the trailer was pretty cool. It’s “Dog Days are Over” by Florence and the Machine. The band consists of British singer Florence Welch, and the artists backing her musically. Florence and the Machine received four nominations [...]

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Movie Trailer Music: Charlie St. Cloud

What’s the best way to grab an audience’s attention into a movie trailer? Use a good song to draw them in. That’s exactly what the people behind Zac Effron’s Charlie St. Cloud did. They created a TV promo for the movie using “Airplanes” B.O.B.’s feat. Hayley Williams. Imagine the target audience- fans of Zac Effron. [...]

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An Ode to Hans Zimmer: Composer for Christopher Nolan’s Inception

For those of you who watched Inception recently, I’m sure you were amazed. The movie kicked ass- everything about it, including the score. I noticed that the score in Inception had a similar feel to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.That’s because both scores were composed by famous composer Hans Zimmer. Zimmer has composed many major films, [...]

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