Wizard of Oz / Dark Side of the Moon

I have to ask Thomasedison...exactly how would you convey a key change via visuals? You keep going on about key changes and I just don't get it. When a song's key changes from Cmaj to F#min exactly how would you show that through a visual clue?

I am not a musical theorist, nor do I pretend to know much about how the minds works. I don't mean to come across that way. I don't know if there is a specific visual correlation between a key change in the music and some visual change in a movie.

What I am saying is that in my opinion, when we hear any noticable change in a piece of music (e.g. music starts, music ends, chorus begins, key changes, tone changes (different lead instrument or group of instruments,)

AND SIMULTANEOUSLY

we see visual changes in a movie (scene begins, scene ends, special effects begin or end, change of camera, closeup, cut-away, etc.)

THEN WE MAKE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AUDITORY AND VISUAL CHANGES.

Movies already use their own soundtracks to intensify feelings (e.g. shark music in Jaws) or startle us (shower scene in Psycho).

In my opinion, when we play random music along with a movie then our minds can't help but notice when changes in the music occur simultaneously to changes in the visuals.

In addition I believe that we also notice connections between the lyrics in the songs and the visuals on the screen.

Most of the time specific lyrics of any song played randomly with a movie won't relate to what we see on the screen. But when coincidences do occur we notice it.

Just my opinion.

The amazing thing is that I can believe that it is just coincidence, and still be amazed and think it's cool when watching The Wizard of Oz with Dark Side of the Moon.

That's why it would be fun to try playing other movies and albums together.

And also why iTunes or Windows Media Player's Visualizers are so popular.

Very funny, Viridian!
I played Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" at the same time with Nine Inch Nails "The Natural," Disc 1. It amazed me how much they synched up so I had a few friends over to listen and watch. The accused me of programming the whole thing. Great 1999 soundtrack for a 1927 movie!