March 7, 2015

Science Fiction Music And Its Impact On The Genre

By Leslie Ball


In the film and music industry, the science fiction or simply sci fi genre is in fact very popular and has a big long line of followers. Ever since the dawn of ages, many people have been amazed by outer space and how the future may lead to the expansion of the human race to other places in space. It is because of this that science fiction music became popular because of the movies and the bands.

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 to start off, there would be the film sci fi film scores that are used to add effect to the story and development of the characters. In fact, one of the most popular of all films would be Star Wars with a track list that is extremely memorable to most people. One of the most famous of these scores would be the opening score when the credits roll in. Another one would be the marching sound of the Sith army marching with Darth Vader.

Now among other popular sci fi films would of course be Star Trek. Star Trek is known for its also quite popular scores because Star Trek also has a big fanbase on its own. Now when it comes to series, there would also be none other than the popular series X files with its popular mysterious opening score that gives off an alien like feeling to it.

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.

Most people from the late sixties and early seventies up until today would remember the rock band Pink Floyd. Even up until today, Pink Floyd has created a big impact on the sci fi genre because of their robotic and alien sounds. Another thing about this band is that their singer would also sound like an alien from far away when he sings.

Even today, there are still a lot of bands out there who would actually go into the sci fi musical genre. These days, club music like techno or house would make use of robotic voices, robotic sounds, and futuristic beats. Of course the synth pop bands would also follow with their far out sounds.

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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