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Some examples of diegetic music in films

Let´s continue listening to some of the most well-known film music throughout history.

Here are some more examples of diegetic music in movies.

(Of course, all musicals include diegetic music, but we will be looking at examples of those later on). 

In this moving clip from Titanic, the musicians from the orchestra decide to keep playing while the ship is sinking. They try to help others with some calming music during those terrible last minutes. "Gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight" says the lead violin. It really happened. They were brave men. 

Nevrels Mice. The orchestra plays while the ship sinksLicencia YouTube

Here we have a scene from the French film Les Choristes (known as "The Choir" in English), with teenage star Jean Baptiste Maunier, who sings so well! The movie is about a boarding school for boys where they are badly treated by a cruel headmaster. The kind music teacher helps to give them hope (and teaches them to sing!) 

 

French songs with subtitles. The choirboys sing to the local authoritiesLicencia YouTube

Pretty in Pink is a 1986 romantic comedy about the difference in social classes among teenagers that has become a classic. We thought it would be good to include it because it is a lipdub! Actor Jon Cryer lip-syncs to the song "Try a little tenderness" by rhythm and blues singer Otis Redding, when it is played on the record player in a music shop.

He´s really good!

aussiephoenix Pretty in Pink lip-sync Licencia YouTube

Have you seen Love Actually ? There is quite a lot of use of diegetic music in this film. Here is the scene in which Keira Knightley gets married and the friends of the couple surprise them by playing "All you need is love" by The Beatles on different  instruments in the church. 

LyndenDavidHall4ever All you need is love "Love Actually" Licencia YouTube

 

And here is one for all you Harry Potter fans! The Frog Choir sings in The Prisoner of Azkaban. Incidentally, did you know that the line "Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble" is from Shakespeare´s play Macbeth? The great English writer lived more than four hundred years ago, but still today his writing is modern!

Hoc vien Hogwarts VN The Frog Choir Licencia YouTube