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Requiem For A Dream-Scene Analysis
Requiem For A Dream-Scene Analysis
Requiem For A Dream-Scene Analysis
Department of Music
MA in Composition of Music for Film and TV (201415)
MUSIM0020:
Critical Analysis of Media
Music
Student ID: 1450557
Name: Sai Neelesh Mandalapu
ASSIGNMENT 1
and lack of options and deciding to attend the orgy, Tyron on the
other hand is calmer in comparison. The music tends to group Sara,
Marion and Tyron together and separate out Harry. Harry has already
progressed further away into problems due to drug use and
gangerene and the rest of the characters are catching up with him.
The music then starts off with the synth lead that I spoke about
earlier and some raw percussion but increases in inensity when it
comes back to Sara on the hospital bed(1:24:23). There is another
layer of string staccatos that start when the attendants start trying
to feed her and she refuses to eat. This shows the worsening of the
situation of Sara to a much more painful and unwanted situation and
the start of her decline. The next instant, even Tyron is arrested and
a similar transformation of the music happens. In the next scene we
get a relief from the pulsating music, when Marion gets a call from
Harry, while she is getting ready(1:26:56). This change hints
towards the change of perspective of Marion, from being engulfed in
her own thoughts, comes out of her head. The music slows down to
a slow and sad melody, of two repeating notes, and is a mixture of
both electronics and strings.
The next scene starts with (1:28:29) the doctor taking Saras
consent for ECT treatment. Although Sara listens to what the doctor
is talking about, by her state of mind it is evident that she is not
able to process what he is saying and she signs the consent form.
The music here is a prelude to the main theme for the film. The
significance for its entry at this point is to point out that Sara has
finally succumbed and she is at a point of no return. The theme then
changes back into the triplet staccato rhythmic string section from
(1:29:41) as Sara is taken on a stretcher for treatment. This is an
indication towards the pain that Sara is going to experience during
the treatment. At this point Myrion has also reached her destination
to the party, the close up shot Marion being welcomed to the sex
References
1) DOMINGO, DANLLY. 'A Requiem For Addictive Personalities'. Web:
http://www.nyu.edu/cas/ewp/domingorequiem03.pdf . 26 Mar. 2015.