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.

Other films that would have memorable scores would of course be Star Trek and the X files among others. The scores of Star Trek would also give off a very spacey feel that would match the setting that the characters are in. The X files on the other hand would give off a rather mysterious alien like vibe that can show viewers what kind of movie it is.

Of course there are also a lot of songs that would fall into the sci fi genre when it comes to music. In fact, there are a lot of sci fi themed bands that would make use of sounds that are robotic with synth music that would give a space sound. Of course this would also be supplemented with lyrics that are also spaced themed.

Now in the rock scene, there is none other than the pioneer of space rock itself with the band Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd had always made use of space like and alien sound effects in their songs in order to create something that is a little different. Even their lead singer sings like he is actually from a very far away planet that most people cannot reach.

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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