Hunger Games - How does Music enhance the story?

Keywords - Major, Minor, Tempo, Dynamics, Diegetic sound.

Chords

Major - Upbeat, happy music tone.

Minor - Sad tone.

Tempo

Fast - Energetic, intense, gain interest.

Slow -  Bored, lazy, lethargic.

Dynamics 

Loud - Energy, intense, rising action.

Quiet - Background, make you focus / listen, build tension.

Diegetic Sound

Sounds that happen naturally e.g footstep.

Non-Diegetic Sound 

Sounds added to a scene-music.                                      

Soundtrack 01 - Minor chord, slow, quiet first then loud.

What scene - Opening scene

Techniques - Minor chord - tired slow tempo, gained volume - builds intensity, non-diegetic, foreshadowing, interested.

Director's purpose - Build emotion / atmosphere.

Soundtrack 02 - Minor chord, build intensity, slow, emotional.e

What scene - Reaping scene - music starts as Katniss walks to the stage.

Techniques - Minor chords, slow tempo, dynamics - gains volume then drops then builds.

Audience feel - Emotional, eery, ominous, melancholic.

Director's purpose - foreshadowing sadness, Katniss has just volunteered, will most likely eliminated.

Lets us feel Katniss emotions on personal level.

Soundtrack 03 - Minor chord, build emotion at beginning, build tension at ending,  slow tempo to medium, quite then loud, sad tone.

What scene - Rue's death - rue is killed, Katniss prepares her body - surrounding by flowers, salutes the TV camera.

Techniques - Minor chords - slow to medium tempo, dynamics - build to forte with Katniss's emotion.

Audience feel - Katniss's grief, sorrow, misery, anger, at the unfair death of her friend.

Director's purpose - Make us feel Katniss's emotion - more intense than if we heard her scream, makes us notice more - uses music to tell us the pain she feels.