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Be it a gentle piano interlude or a glorious orchestral fanfare, no element of filmcraft sets a movieโs tone and identity quite like the musical score. Film music has the power to underline a filmmakerโs narrative ideas, forge our bond to a heroic character, and move us to the point of tears. Join us all year long as we showcase cinemaโs iconic composers whose musical talents enrich the images we see on screen and have us humming their unforgettable melodies as we exit the auditorium. The series continues in September with the iconic sci-fi classic THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐: countytheater.org/specials๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ: Considered one of the most influential science fiction films of all time, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is a timeless story about first contact. A mysterious humanoid alien lands in Washington, D.C. with a warning to Earthโs people to cease their violent behavior. Panic erupts when a nervous soldier shoots the messenger, and his robot companion responds. A sci-fi hallmark that offers wry commentary on the political climate of the 1950s.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ: If you associate a particular kind of music with space-invasion movies of the 1950s, you likely have this Bernard Hermann score to thank. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL incorporates numerous instruments to give the score its sound: vibraphones, organs, and even glockenspiels. But it is certainly the theremin, an electronic instrument that emits a woozy and synthetic-sounding whistle, that viewers will most easily notice. Hermannโs liberal use of the theremin brings an unnerving and alien quality to this filmโs soundscape. Even when we start to trust Klaatu as he sues for peace on a planet ever on the brink of war, the score unmoors the viewer, never allowing the imposing power of unknown extraterrestrial forces to entirely exit the mind. The result is an abstract one: though Klaatuโs people wonโt ever truly threaten our world, we nonetheless end the movie feeling humanity truly is, for good or ill, the agent of its own fate. Hermannโs aural contributions contribute to this.
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ป๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป $๐ญ๐ฌ!Become a member of our nonprofit theater for as little as $40 a year. Learn more at countytheater.org/membership
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The County Theater, 20 E State St, Doylestown, PA 18901-4311, United States
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