The Effect of Music Theory in Hollywood Film Scoring

Abstract

Film music has developed for nearly 130 years. In those years, the film industry has experienced war, depression, despair, and hope, but with the change of new technology and new trends of thought generation after generation, film music has developed and matured. For more than a century, the film music industry has been brilliant, it has left many immortal music masterpieces on the film and television. This paper will consider three aspects — the background of film music, Hollywood film music theory, and the importance of Hollywood film music. The objective of this paper is to provide some useful information for the fans of film music.