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MUSIC 289
est care and must be in fullest harmony with the dramatic action. Appropriate accompaniment can do much to enhance the entertainment value of any motion picture. When properly conceived and directed it creates atmosphere for a story and stirs the emotions. However, motion picture scores are merely backgrounds for the picture and should be considered simply as accompaniments. They should not for a moment distract attention from the dramatic value of the scenes. They should never dominate. If a score is arranged in proper harmony with the picture, it will unobtrusively sway the mood of the audiences and put them in a frame of mind to sympathize with the situations enacted. Not only does music help the spectator to concentrate, but it adds emotional value that makes implausible situations momentarily appear convincing. The matter deserves studious care, for what has been accomplished so far is but a suggestion of what may be expected.
The actual preparation of scores makes necessary a wide knowledge of all that is best in music, together with the full appreciation of dramatic musical value. Such work should be assigned only to musicians who have a sympathetic appreciation of the motion picture. The experience and progress that have so far been gained in the synchronization of music with motion pictures has been a splendid background for further progress made possible by the development of sound recording. Music in its very best mood, interpreted by the very best artists, will be sent wherever motion pictures are shown. Although in the past only theatres of large capacity in the most important communities could afford the highest type of musical synchronization, the best now becomes available wherever a theatre is equipped with sound reproduction. Virtually every motion picture of any importance may now be exhibited to a musical accompaniment of the highest