I am very impressed how the use of sounds in film could transform a scene in every single way. Kubrick's work in sound for this film was a very unique and amazing "artistic touch". In my analysis, I chose different scenes in which, in my opinion, we could appreciate how the sound contributes to make them spectacular scenes.
One of the scenes I consider very strong was when they raped the first woman, in sight of her husband. They told the woman they had an accident and because of that reason they had to use the telephone. At this moment, the music was off and the background was silent, although they were having a vocal sound: Dialogue. Right after Alex and his friends enter the house, the music started playing. The amplitude or loudness of the sound during the scene was a very loud one. The magnitude of loudness was increasing as they get closer to rape the woman. The sound was complex, as we could see; it includes their laughs, the Beethoven music, and their shouting. It was music of happiness created in order to allow the viewers to think they were having fun of what they were doing. I think Kubrick’s wonderful sound purpose for this scene was to create a contrast of a wonderful dichotomy. On one hand, the “bad guys” minds demonstrate they see the situation as a funny one. On the other hand, there were the minds of the woman and her husband which see the situation as a serious and horrible one. The music contributes to transmit their emotions at the moment Alex was violating her. Kubrick transformed the music from being a funny and cool one , to one of mystery and horror. I think Characterization is also present, as Beethoven musical score where associated with Alex and his “bad guys group” every time they were committing a crime.
Another scene I consider a great one was when he was cured and people were making tests on him in order to see if he was really cured. When the blond woman topless was getting close to him, the music was one of suspense, tension and mystery. I think the purpose of that specific music was to make the viewers be nervous because we didn’t know if he was cured or not. Once again, image (the woman topless), and sound worked together to create a strong impact in the viewers, so they were co expressive.
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I also like how Stanley Kubrick plays with the feelings of the viewers in the part where Alex raped the writer’s wife he sang this happy music make me feel uncomfortable and mad but when he got out of that treatment and go to his house he feel the rejection of the parents he used this very sad music to make the viewers sympathize with Alex.
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