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Igor Stravinsky

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.

Igor Stravinsky

Relationship

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Stravinsky is saying that film music should be a background element that does not interfere with or distract from the story being told on screen. Just as piano playing in the same room doesn’t change the experience of reading a book, the music in a film should support the drama without overpowering it.

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