Apocalypse Now Sound Analysis

A detailed Summary of Apocalypse Now Sound Analysis

The element of sound is very important throughout the entire film Apocalypse

Now. It contributes to the greatness of the film. I believe sound itself could tell the story.

The movie starts out with the sound of one helicopter from the action of the scene

flying over the jungle. We then hear the quiet beginning of the song The End by The

Doors, which was layered on to the scene. The music increases with time as Jim Morrison

starts singing and we hear the sounds of more helicopters going by, though the sounds of

the song do not seem to relate rhythmically to what's happening in the scene. All sounds,

at this point, are getting louder and more complex, giving us a feeling of excitement and

realism, witnessing this in front of us. At the most intense point of this sound montage,

Morrison's voice stops and we are subjected to just the sound of the drums from the song

and the loudening helicopters from the scene. The helicopters fade out and the drums

seem to have a solo. All the sounds, the song, the helicopters, now slowly come to end by

the whop sound of an overhead ceiling fan, which we see in the scene.

For me, Willard in his room was the most intense and complex sound montage. It

Another interesting part of the film that caught my attention was when Lance was

just this one scene. As the song starts playing and getting louder we can realize our sanity

mission so he wouldn't continue to go crazy. We can hear the sounds of a city outside his

Willard's cigarette burning through the picture of his wife. It was like he wanted to point

and imagination. This film was exceptional.

the air. We notice the phrase "Death from Above" tattooed on the aircraft. Both this and

skiing behind the boat. Clean was playing the radio. "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by the

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crickets and other wildlife, bring the viewer into his world from our world of reality. This

those noises and he knows how they make him feel. He also knows that he will hear those

pushes the rest of the music along getting louder and more intensely unorganized. The

Rolling Stones came on. We could see that this radio, with a little help from drugs and

that without the music and sounds with in it, the story could not be told.

to the side of the U.S. Army for fear of being the opposition, making you want to be that

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