The Narrative Drama of A Nameless Character: The Contemporaneity in a Soundtrack Organizational Estructures

Abstract

The present research detains itself in the function of an Inspired Soundtrack as an important narrative environment, based upon the musical narrative itself and all its nuances. As a result of that, it is intended to leave behind the complementary strategic position, imposed on this genre, to the detriment of other forms of narrative. To expose the dimension of values presented in this category, two songs were chosen for the analysis – “Safe & Sound”, interpreted by Taylor Swift featuring the duo The Civil Wars, and “Abraham’s Daughter”, interpreted by the Canadian band Arcade Fire. Both compositions were inspired for the The Hunger Games: songs from District 12 and Beyond (2012), composed by inspiration on the movie The Hunger Games (2012), based upon the first trilogy of the namesake, written by the North American writer Suzane Collins. The theoretical framework is based on Lucia Correia Marques de Miranda Moreia in the article “O Narrador tecendo as malhas narrativas, musicais e lingüistcas na minissérie Os Maias” (2012), and Solon Santana Manica, with the text “Análise Narrativa no processo de interpretação musical em estudo teórico-interpretativo” (2018), due to the discussion about the narrative prerogatives, including musical functions or only musical itself, having the rhythm, instrumentalization, sheet music and the artist interpretation as constituents of its meanings. Valdir José Morigi and Martha E. K. Kling Bonotto, in “A narrativa musical, memória e fonte de informação afetiva” (2004), collating the facts that songs are always originated from a context located in a defined epoch. In this way, the Soundtrack issue is introduced to the discussion, once it is situated in a fictional setting. Lastly, Luiz Fernando Medeiros de Carvalho, with “A dobra errante do corpus: sobre a narrativa brasileira contemporânea” (2015), using the conceptualization done by the author to open the horizons to accept the Inspired Soundtrack, as a source of narrative material.