This blog will be an attempt to discuss and shed light on the use of classical music as film soundtrack. I will attempt to examine famous usage of classical music recordings in film.
Classical Music as underscore in your media production
The benefit of using classical orchestral recordings as your theme music is you’ll be taking well-known music, absolute masterpieces, which when included in your film editing timeline, will insert an “established component”, that is, the music recordings will be well-known by the audience and that will add to your film’s communicative force.
For instance, if you use Beethoven’s famous Moonlight Sonata as the background music to your advertising spot, you are connecting your production with one of the most famous pieces of music in the Western world. That carries a lot of power and retains the attention of your target audience.
The largest benefit of choosing instrumental compositions as soundtrack is that your background music will be deep and the overall soundtrack will sound professional. A true orchestral recording can convincingly connect. Just think of most film soundtracks you know, they are rich professional recordings using a symphony orchestra. The symphonic orchestra recording is very much identified with today’s soundtrack.
Classical Music as Film Soundtrack 