Monday, March 9, 2015

Science Fiction Music And Its Impact On The Genre

By Leslie Ball


Science fiction has always been a popular type of genre when it comes to films and music. The reason as to why this type of genre is very popular is because people in general have a fascination of outer space as well as futuristic things. Of course in the entertainment industry, science fiction music has actually played quite a big role in promoting this particular genre.

In general, this type of musical genre would make use of spacelike sounds that would also make use of marching beats. In both the film and musical industry, many composers would make use of these future type sounds for their creations. This is apparent in a lot of compositions that people can see up unto these days.

Now to start off, there would be the film sci fi film scores that are used to add effect to the story and development of the characters. In fact, one of the most popular of all films would be Star Wars with a track list that is extremely memorable to most people. One of the most famous of these scores would be the opening score when the credits roll in. Another one would be the marching sound of the Sith army marching with Darth Vader.

Now other scores that have made it quite famous would be none other than the X files and Star Trek. Star Trek has always been a fan favorite and many would also love the scores that the movie would produce. The X files also has a very good soundtrack that would actually give an alien and space like feeling.

Of course there are also a lot of songs that would fall into the sci fi genre when it comes to music. In fact, there are a lot of sci fi themed bands that would make use of sounds that are robotic with synth music that would give a space sound. Of course this would also be supplemented with lyrics that are also spaced themed.

Most people from the late sixties and early seventies up until today would remember the rock band Pink Floyd. Even up until today, Pink Floyd has created a big impact on the sci fi genre because of their robotic and alien sounds. Another thing about this band is that their singer would also sound like an alien from far away when he sings.

These days, there are many other bands that would also go into this type of genre and follow this type of theme. Of course synth pop and house bands would also make use of space like sounds and unusual sounds. Techno music that is used for clubs would also make use of these sounds as well as marching beats.

So basically, those are some of the things one should know about this genre. Now there are a lot of upcoming bands that would come from Tucson AZ. With the popularity of this kind of genre, there are actually a lot of people who would want to go into space music.




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