This piece of music is actually a piece of an old song called, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf. Hans Zimmer used this piece of music by slowing down the song. The music tends to be slow and continuously fades in and out in order to create a sense of drama. The slow music is linked with constant beats of percussion accompanied by an orchestra to give the movie a sense of mysterious yet thriller feeling. It has a moving bass with insistent notes forming an ostinato pattern. This just grows organically with different instruments entering, some changes of tone and more brass chords. Repeated sections of low violins creates a dark and mysterious undertone to the scene it is played with. However, because Inception is a film with many sub genres other than thriller, the music must accommodate themes and genres such as mystery and action all in one piece. Fast drumbeats behind strong violins suggest a fast paced action scene and often fit with things like explosions happening on screen. Trumpets can be heard at certain points and suggest danger due to their deep notes. As the beats get faster and faster the excitement increases as the audience awaits the next scene from unfolding. The rapid change of pace of each instrument and the change from one instrument to another depict the urgency of the film and the action and the overall sense of drama it’s
This piece of music is actually a piece of an old song called, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf. Hans Zimmer used this piece of music by slowing down the song. The music tends to be slow and continuously fades in and out in order to create a sense of drama. The slow music is linked with constant beats of percussion accompanied by an orchestra to give the movie a sense of mysterious yet thriller feeling. It has a moving bass with insistent notes forming an ostinato pattern. This just grows organically with different instruments entering, some changes of tone and more brass chords. Repeated sections of low violins creates a dark and mysterious undertone to the scene it is played with. However, because Inception is a film with many sub genres other than thriller, the music must accommodate themes and genres such as mystery and action all in one piece. Fast drumbeats behind strong violins suggest a fast paced action scene and often fit with things like explosions happening on screen. Trumpets can be heard at certain points and suggest danger due to their deep notes. As the beats get faster and faster the excitement increases as the audience awaits the next scene from unfolding. The rapid change of pace of each instrument and the change from one instrument to another depict the urgency of the film and the action and the overall sense of drama it’s