Week 7-1/19-1/23

'The Fault In Our Stars' Soundtrack Might Be This Generation's 'Breakfast Club'

Rosen, C. (2014, May 18). 'The Fault In Our Stars' Soundtrack Might Be This Generation's 'Breakfast Club' Retrieved January 22, 2015, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/19/the-fault-in-our-stars-soundtrack_n_5348768.html

Summary:
This article goes in depth about the selection process of the music for the film 'The Fault In Our Stars.' This soundtrack is said to represent the movie beautifully and for our generation could become a classic. The music supervisor for the movie, Season Kent, went into detail about the selection for each song and how they determined what they needed for each scene. Some of the artists such as Birdy created original songs specifically for the movie, while they also used some already created songs such as Jake Bugg's 'Simple As This.' While picking the music for the movie, Kent had to make sure that each song captured the moment right and that it went with the style of the film. Some of the artists that were featured in the film are Ed Sheeran, Birdy, Charli XCX, M83, Grouplove, and Tom Odell. 

Quotes:
"The veteran music supervisor recruited a variety of big artists for Josh Boone's forthcoming adaptation of John Green's best-selling book, including Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX, Grouplove and M83, giving "The Fault In Our Stars" soundtrack a true event feel for tweens and millennials of all ages."

"You need a moment [after the film finishes]. You need to breathe. This song (All of the Stars) comes in really quiet and it eases you in. It's really bittersweet and emotional, but it still feels uplifting. That was the biggest thing we wanted to make sure people felt walking out of the theater."

"The thing about this movie is that it's about first love. It's about their disease and the loss of things, too, but it's about first love. We wanted everyone who hasn't experienced first love yet to understand what it feels like, and everyone who has been through their first love to remember it. "

Reflection: 
This article really gave me insight into the meticulous thought between each and every song that's put in a movie or on the soundtrack. The Fault In Our Stars' soundtrack really captures the essence of the movie, and the instincts that the music supervisor had were spot on. The soundtrack consisted of music that is appealing to the target audience, and each song has a powerful impact that will help the viewers feel what the characters in the movie are feeling. Almost each scene was specifically scored or had a specific song put in at the right moment. Although some of the songs that were put in the movie aren't a typical film score the music was created with the film in mind, which helped make the movie special. The supervisor had to reach out to artists, and search for music that already existed as well as know the movie so well that he knew exactly where each song should be placed. I feel like this job is overlooked a lot of times because there are so many factors that go into making a movie. Music is a very important factor in film, and this article really shows the knowledge of both film and music that you must have in order to perform this task.