Music use in cinema

The main subject of the thesis is ''Music Use in Cinema''. While we were making the research, soundtracks were considered with cinema in general. Moreover, various questions tried to be answered in the thesis. Some of these questions are, what the key elements are when music is used in films, why music exists in cinema, if it is possible to think cinema without music, for more effective results how should directors, screenwriter and more importantly musicians use music in cinema etc. The history of soundtracks, its structural transformation and development have given in the thesis briefly. In this context, also is a music in a film consistent with the structure of film, are film's topic and soundtracks parallel to each other, are soundtracks suitable for their time and place, and more importantly is there a unique composition, from the first day of cinema what kind of roles upon music etc. are also the sub-subjects of the thesis. The scope of the thesis is the use of music in the world of cinema and Turkish cinema. At first, music was made during the film with only a piano, and it impressed the audience a lot. That is why until the Talking Film Period, orchestras were an important companion to films. These orchestras got developed in qualitative and quantitative way. The purpose of the thesis is the focus on music transformation from the beginning of soundtracks to talking films in the world and in Turkey. That's why at first, from the silent film period to 1930s some questions also answered such as what kind of soundtracks were made, who produced these soundtracks, if there is any unique soundtrack etc. Keywords: Cinema, music, film soundtrack, film score