Early sound film (talkies)

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Early sound film (talkies) · With The Jazz Singer (1927), synchronised sound came to the cinema. Warner Bros. used the Vitaphone system: the sound was on large discs that ran in sync with the film. Al Jolson sang a handful of songs and spoke a few sentences. In the first years, everything revolved around singing. Musicals such as The Broadway Melody (1929) put new hits on the market. Continuous background music was difficult, because recording and mixing were still cumbersome. Music therefore sounded mainly when it had a source on screen, such as a singer or an orchestra. In Europe, René Clair (Sous les toits de Paris) and Josef von Sternberg (Der blaue Engel, 1930) made the song the core of the story.

Listening

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  The Broadway Melody · Charles King, 1929
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  Sous les toits de Paris · Albert Préjean, 1930
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  Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt · Marlene Dietrich, 1930

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map

See also

• Herbert Stothart
• Charlie Chaplin
• Charles King
• Albert Préjean
• Marlene Dietrich
• Symphonic silent film scores (Hollywood and Weimar)
• Golden Age: symphonic Hollywood and leitmotif
• Golden age of Hindi film music
• Disney and classic cartoons (Mickey Mousing)
• Filmmusical