Elements of a Sountrack

1. What is a film score and why is it used?

A film score is music that has been designed speficially for the film, for example, a orchestra designing music to create an emotional response, and/or engagement from the audience/viewer.

2. What are Foley sound effects and why are they used?

Foley sound effects are sounds designed by humans, and made using either they're voice, body, movement or objects to create sounds in the film, for example the smashing of a cup to recreate the sound of someone throwing a plate - this vastly helps the realism of the film, as the sound effects actually make the film more believable.

3. What is ADR and why is it used?

ADR is Automated Dialogue Replacement, this is basically the process of re-recording audio from the film in the studio, to make it better, crisper, more realistic, easier to hear, easier to create. This is a very important process in nearly all modern films.

4. What is the art of Sound Design?

The art of sound design is the creation of bringing new sounds to life, for example, the lightsaber in Star Wars, and most of the noises in Wall-E. Sound design is different to Foley, Foley is made by humans, banging on a desk, knocking over a lamp or doing voice overs with their throat. Sound Design is the method of bringing new sounds to life, it requires a very good creative mind.