Soundtrack of a Script: "The Social Network"

You’d think a movie about something as commonplace as Facebook would be pretty milquetoast, right? What would it be about, anyway? The innovation of the status update? The intricacies of app requests? The art of the Facebook stalk? As uninteresting as all that sounds the movie is actually nothing like what you’d expect. Therefore I can only come to the logical conclusion that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin chose the title “The Social Network” (from his adaptation of the book “The Accidental Billionaires”) to deliberately avoid any affiliation between our everyday familiarities with Farmville and the “true story” of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

And the score. Don't forget that wonderful score.

Soundtrack of a Script: Revived

EDIT: It seems that Youtube really has a lock on the two clips discussed in this post. While the commentary remains true, I'm afraid I cannot show you the actual parts of the movie featured here. Nonetheless we here at WTF recommend renting or purchasing the whole movies, not just for the purposes of this article, but for the enjoyment of the entire story portrayed. As for this post, well... understand what you can and/or check out other entires through the menagerie of tags.
    Long ago, when this blog first stepped into the cesspool of Internet creations, there were many dreams and ideas in terms of content. I guess real life has delayed many recurring articles and editorials, but I've never lost sight of them. Stored away in a little folder, there sits idle a dossier of everything that never was. Poll ideas, lost features like Up Top, ones without a follow-through, such as Music Musings. Then ya got never seen thoughts, including posts detailing Commercial Jingles and Movie Musicals, and finally, the forgotten periodical- the most applicable of which last appeared a tad more than eight months ago: Soundtrack of a Script (SoaS).
    Back then, we were still experimenting with the voice of the blog, but the message has remained stationary. Music, movies, and their intersection. What better crossroads could there be than SoaS, then? For those clueless, this set of articles intended to document those instances in film where the soundtrack exceptionally played into the emotions of the scene. Acrobatic expertise amplifying the impact of both song and screen. I shoot for the unconventional, but nothing says composed scores cannot peek their heads into my writings. In any case, I decided to send up a couple more examples into the mix, and hopefully we can drip some oil onto the gears of this blog for some long needed momentum.

Music vs. Movies: Soundtrack of a Script

    One of the pressing issues facing a film production is the music overlaid upon the picture. Does the music fit the mood? Does it amplify the power of the scene? Perhaps silence could even be effective? Nah, music is overwhelming in its reach! (Heh, I kid. Silence can make the emotions flow of the screen in the right context, as I'm sure you've seen at some point.)
    Most likely, the three of us will detail moments where music and movie come together perfectly. These posts will detail the scene, perhaps even find it out there on the web, and explain why WE think the two go together quite splendidly. A meeting of the minds between all the writers here, so to speak. We lurrrve discussion, so if ya think differently let us know!
    Alrighty, since there will be movie clips here, I can see that reading these can take a while. Therefore I'll only post two for now, and only because the first one is quite a doozey.