Thursday, March 5, 2015

Science Fiction Music Over The Years

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 first off, the sci fi films are actually the ones that would have very popular songs because of the scores that would add more effect. Of course almost everyone would probably know about the film Star Wars. The opening score has always been one of the most popular scores in the entire history of film music. Now the Sith march beat is also another very popular sci fi score that would come from this movie.

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.

Now not only the film industry makes use of this genre of sounds but also even the musical industry. There are actually a lot of bands and singers that makes use of a lot of space like sounds that would sound alien like or futuristic. These bands would fall into the genre of space music because of these particular sounds as well as the themed lyrics.

Now in the rock scene, there is none other than the pioneer of space rock itself with the band Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd had always made use of space like and alien sound effects in their songs in order to create something that is a little different. Even their lead singer sings like he is actually from a very far away planet that most people cannot reach.

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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