How the music is used in the film 'Deja Vu'

The music plays an important job in the opening scene as it conflicts with the characters moods and expressions. As I mentioned earlier in the last post, the crew, families, children are all excited about there adventure. The music on the other hand is morbid and depressing. This feeling is being portrayed by the soft, slow but negative way the pianist is playing. This gives mixed messages to the viewers as what they see and what they hear are in this case two completely different feelings. This creates suspense as they do not know what is going to happen.

As the scene moves on from the gloomy music, a marching band starts to play classical, upbeat music to create a cheerful atmosphere on the boat. We know this as we see the people on board the ship reacting in a positive way. The music keeps playing, keeping that cheerful atmosphere in place. This music is effective as it leads up to the explosion of the boat. It gives the explosion of the boat a dramatic effect as the cheerful atmosphere is turned into a traumatic event. The music gives a a quick and vast change in the viewers mood, coming from a feeling of happiness to a feeling of sorrow in a matter of seconds.