\u00a0 \u00a0Music is more than just notes, sounds and lyrics that create a pleasurable experience. It becomes the soundtrack to our lives. I think everybody can point to three moments in their life that were important to them, and if there\u2019s music playing during it, you\u2019ll always remember it and the feeling it gave you. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0As an example, like a fair amount of kids, I ran away from home. This was no easy feat, and the stress weighed on me like a ton of bricks. So naturally, I had a playlist going to keep my spirits up and encourage me to do the stupid thing I was about to do. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0There are also those moments after a successful date where the right song plays that captures the mood. And certain songs\/artists will take you back to times when you first met someone, and will be a reminder of them for years to come. I can\u2019t listen to anything from The Neighbourhood without thinking of one of my friends, who loves them and introduced me to them.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0But it goes beyond personal feelings and experiences, as the media we consume every day incorporates music into it. Movies, TV shows and video games all use music to trigger emotional responses in us, and certain songs take new meaning or gain new life following their use in one of these.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0For example, I will never not think of \u201cWayne\u2019s World\u201d whenever I hear Queen\u2019s \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d (a bit of a dated reference, but 16 year old Henry loved \u201cWayne\u2019s World). I\u2019ll still headbang to the heavy part every now and then. \u00a0 \u00a0Video games make use of this with radio stations. While this is mainly used in free-roaming, open world games like Fallout and GTA, it\u2019s become more common for a game to have radio stations that play a variety of music on a random loop.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0The results were astounding, as it made every level and every area have a different mood depending on what was playing. I\u2019ll never be able to hear 40\u2019s and 50\u2019s era big band music like \u201cRhythm for You\u201d without my mind taking me back to the creepy and long subway system you used to get around in \u201cFallout 3.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0Among the peppy, jazzy tracks were the sounds of gunfire, shouts from enemies trying to kill me and screeches from the ghouls in the game. A true symphony of destruction. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0Also, true bliss is running to your settlement to stop an attack in \u201cFallout 4\u201d while \u201cRide of the Valkyries\u201d is playing in the background. Nothing makes you feel more badass than that. Really, putting \u201cRide of the Valkyries\u201d over anything makes it seem epic.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0One of the funnier stories I have about video game music relates to \u201cFallout: New Vegas.\u201d Since it took place in the wild west, it was filled with country\/western music. Now, I can\u2019t stand country music, it grates on me. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0Yet if I hear \u201cBig Iron,\u201d \u201cHeartaches by the Number\u201d or any of the other songs from the \u201cNew Vegas\u201d soundtrack, I\u2019ll sing along and it\u2019ll take me back to the hundreds of hours I spent exploring the Mojave Wasteland. That is always ingrained in me due to the fond memories I have from that game.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0But maybe the most satisfying and memorable music experience I had in games happened in \u201cGrand Theft Auto 5.\u201d I beat a pretty hard heist in the game and the first song that comes on when I get back to my car is \u201cBaker Street,\u201d by Gerry Rafferty.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0Even pro-wrestling is susceptible to this. For most big matches in the WWE, they\u2019ll play a video package recapping the events leading to the match, and play a song over it. It\u2019s one of the things WWE does better than anyone else, and has etched many songs into my memory. I can\u2019t listen to \u201cMonster\u201d by Imagine Dragons without seeing Triple H vs Daniel Bryan from Wrestlemania 30. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0WWE also uses several different songs and artists as themes for their pay per view events, and these songs will get stuck in my head long after the event. One year they used \u201cGood Feeling\u201d by Flo Rida as a theme for Wrestlemania, and that song still gets stuck in my head whenever I think of The Rock vs John Cena. It\u2019s all worth it though, when I\u2019m introduced to a new song or band I\u2019ve never heard of. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0These are just a few examples of music in media that has stuck with me. That\u2019s the best part is that everyone has these moments and they\u2019re all different from each other. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0Nothing is better than hearing your favorite song integrated into a movie or game, as it creates a long lasting memory and attachment to that specific movie or game. It\u2019s even better when you hear new music in a piece of media and you go out and discover a new band that becomes part of your usual rotation. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0But what about you? What are some of your favorite uses of music in media? What moments have stuck with you because of the song played during it? We want to know, so tell us at our email <\/span>clarion@sinclair.edu<\/span>, or message us on social media. Your responses could be used in an upcoming Voices of Sinclair article.<\/span><\/p>\n Henry Wolski<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019ve been a hardcore music guy for most of my life. 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\u00a0 \u00a0Plus, its appearance in the film brought the song back in the public eye, placing number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 16 years after its original release. And it\u2019s all because of some silly Mike Myers comedy. <\/span><\/p>\n![\"pexels-photo-802958.jpeg\"](\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pexels-photo-802958.jpeg\")
\u00a0 \u00a0Now, for those who haven\u2019t heard it, \u201cBaker Street\u201d is a nice little song that is made immortal by the saxophone part. Words can\u2019t describe how much emotion is put into this sax part. It is heavenly and for some reason always makes me feel prideful and accomplished. So after beating some missions I struggled with and hearing that song, it was such a triumphant feeling.<\/span><\/p>\n
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