My Exciting Week in Film Music

I started my week off with the "Golden Age" of music and film. I had a few laughs watching Silly Symphonies and a snazzy time with Top Hat. The Silly Symphonies contained a lot of mickey mousing, which is the music that follows or mimic almost every move of its characters. Top Hat on the other hand was a musical. The source music remained in the background throughout the majority of the film. I can recall seeing the band performing in one scene. In my opinion, Top Hat was not better than Singing In the Rain but it did grab my attention.
Second film, King Kong was a tad more interesting due to its special effect. They were not the best that I have scene but in that time period that is what they had to work with. The most exciting part of the film was Kong's theme music. A few times during the movie I closed my eyes and listened to the music, listening for the darker music to know that Kong was on the screen. During the most intense scenes of the movie when Kong attacked to music became louder and a little uncomfortable to the ears. Max Steiner's score illustrated the effect a custom score could have on the impact of a film. I enjoyed King Kong and the ability to see the transition special effects have made in the past twenty years.
The Adventures of Robin Hood introduced the usage of Technicolor, also the use of color in a film. In the restored version of Robin Hood the colors are not as bright and piercing to the eyes. The original color of the film reflected too much color. I have not personally watched the original version but I did see a clip of the film, which is where I made my observation. However, The Adventures of Robin Hood was exciting, captivating and enjoyable. It was pointed out to me, in the forest fighting scene, the mickey mousing used. While the men were falling from the trees the music reflected "falling notes" that brought the excitement to the scene. Yet, the music for the fighting scene was not the typical dark music. The music was more friendly as if the men were having fun fighting.
In the final of the week, The Best Years of Our Lives, I was introduced to Americano. True American music was used to bring the captain, sergeant, and sailor home to Boone City. Sorry to say that was only music I noticed in the film. I was caught up in the story of the movie I forgot to listen for the music. But, I was told that the best music score goes unnoticed so I guess I shouldn't feel as guilty as I do.