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Soundtrack (pt 3/4) - Using devices in composition for film

Film composer Jennie Muskett explains how she uses musical devices, with reference to a short film extract. She demonstrates the use of repeated bass ostinato and spiky rhythm to create a mood of expectation and generate tension in the opening scene from a film clip. A change of instrumentation to clarinet playing a slow melodic passage conveys a change to a more relaxed passage.

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3 minutes