Pomiędzy kreacją a interpretacją — środowiska dźwiękowe filmów fabularnych i gier wideo o tematyce historycznej
Between creation and interpretation — soundscapes of historical feature films and video games

Author(s): Zenon Mojżysz
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Interpretation; synthetic work of art.; historical reality; audiovisual arts; feature film;video games;
Summary/Abstract: Music and sound design are extremely significant elements for historical feature films and video games. The following article explains, on the basis of selected examples, what type of music is used in such productions. As the author suggests, while the soundscapes in such productions predominantly reflect the historical reality, authentic music from the given epoch does not feature to a significant degree. Rather, the score composers produce creative interpretations of selected historical elements. As a result, such scores are mostly ahistorical, but at the same time they underscore the dramatic developments of the plot as well as the general mood of the story. Such musical interpretation on the part of the score composer, both of the work itself as well as the presented historical reality, gives the entire work of fiction a unique character and meaning.

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