The great author, Hans Christian Andersen once said that "Where words fail, music speaks." Although he was not around to see the film era, this can easily be applied to the creation of filmic realities as film makers delve into the art of creating worlds for the world's audiences. One sound that can easily be linked to the film is the sound made by the laser sword mostly carried by the Jedi, known as the lightsaber. It’s not only characters that link sounds to Star Wars but also sound effects (Corrigan and White 199). Robotic human cyborg, C3PO’s posh British accent as well as the incessant beeping and clicking emanating from R2D2 are both unmistakable. Vader and his Stormtrooper minions are also often accompanied by music featuring marching drum roll – as sign of the Empire’s signature features, order maintained by a militant authority. Yet the voice, done by James Earl Jones as a voice over, is easily recognisable, as are the noises and voices of some of the other characters.
The character of Darth Vadar actually never shows his face at any point in the film. Even those who aren’t die hard Star Wars fans would easily recognise the sound, along with many others, as having been included in the film.
Get someone to breathe deeply in and out into a mask and utter the words “I am your father” and images of a menacing figure in a dark helmet and cloak come to mind. The film is a great example on how sound can be used to identify a character, place or theme – the embodiment of musical motif.Ī clear example is the sounds associated with one of chief characters in the film, Darth Vadar.
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From the opening track to the use of heavy, mechanical breathing, Star Wars is packed full of music and sound effects that went along way to making it the cult hit it still is today. Very rarely has sound in a film been as the sounds created for the 1977 classic, Star Wars: A New Hope, directed by George Lucas.
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