Star
Wars is an American epic space opera franchise that consists of a film series
created by George Lucas. I would choose two pieces of soundtrack from Star Wars
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The name of the soundtrack is Battle of the
Heroes (John William, Battle of the
Heroes). After analyzed this song, and I find that this sound is separate in to
several parts and each piece shows up properly in each scene respectively. For
instance, John put one piece during the fight happens between Anakin and obi-wan
on volcanic island, one piece during the fight
take place between general Kenobi and general Grievous on airport and when the death
of Anakin’s wife. This song is actually perfect for this kind of battle movie;
John Williams caught the emotions so well in his music, I loved it, for me he
was the best composer of all time.
This
soundtrack continued for almost four minutes, and in different scenes of the
film John William choosing and using relevant part of the music by emotion and
logic. According to Andrea A. Lunsford “Emotional appeals (sometimes called
appeals to pathos) are powerful tools for influencing what people think and
believe,” I watched Revenge of Sith several times, but I still feel my blood
was boiling and my body was full of power when the soundtrack start, then it
recalled the scene Anakin fight with obi-wan, the sound softly and slowly start
and then turned faster and stronger along with the scorching furious fight. Also
the soundtrack means that justice won the battle. Therefore I agree with Andrea
that emotion is a powerful tool.
First
of all, I want to begin with the most passionate part. It is a soundtrack during
the scene that after Anakin’s wife loses her consciousness, Anakin fight with Obi-wan.
I enjoyed this part. John William put the sound logically, as I mentioned
before, soft and slow at the beginning then became stronger and faster. He using
this kind of technic aims to control audiences’ emotional, but he did it in
different way. Indirectly, he succeeds in controlling audiences breathing rate
to reach his goal. In addition, repeat same soundtrack several times is another
successful point. Just like Obama’s speech, he using “yes, we can” to encourage
America citizens to hold hope, no matter what predicament they were in. (Andrea
A, 42)
Secondly,
the soundtracks build bridges between the audience and characters in film. I
strongly feel that the ending of Battle of the Heroes create a kind of
atmosphere, which include death, pain and enmity.
The scene connected with the sad part is when Kenobi successfully defensed Anakin’s
false justice, and tears spring out but not fall. At this point the soundtrack
means that people always have a sensitive heart. After watching whole movie, I believe
that this piece of soundtrack is aimed to connect the emotion between Anakin
and audience. Even the evil party losing the bell, audience still sympathize
him and feel upset and pitying that the wrong decision Anakin has made. From
the book, Andrea said that, people may sometimes want to use emotions as tool
connect with audience assure them can express what they saw and hear, use
president Bill Clinton;s Famous line “ feel their pain.”
To
sum up, the soundtrack on Star Wars was a great success; most people will
recall their memories when the sounds start，and I enjoy the song Battle of the
Heroes.
Andrea
A. Lunsford, Everything's an Argument, (pg. 38,
42, 44)
John
William Battle of the Heroes,
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