The Sound of Pasión - Blog 3

Production within the Romance

The production of Pasión De Gavilanes is tasked with successfully showcasing romantic themes for 3 completely separate romantic storylines. However, the draw and attraction viewers feel towards each couple isn’t achieved simply through a script and the actors portrayal of their love. A large factor in portraying the romance between each couple is found in the post-production editing process. Pasión utilizes recurring music to set the scene and to inform the audience that an intimate moment is about to occur. 

But these repeated scores are not limited to passionate scenes. There are also musical scores designated to comedic scenes, sad scenes, and intense scenes. They guide the audience to laugh, to cry, to gasp and sigh. It’s hard to remind yourself of all the components that make a perfect scene, and sometimes music fades into the background. The music is meant to compliment a character and their actions, and because of this class I’m able to notice the soundtracks more. The soundtracks in Pasión never change, and even the opening credits music is used within the show. 

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Pasion’s romantic score

The post-production team is not only tasked with both editing Juan and Norma longing gazes and making sure each transition is seamless, but they also must make sure the music is added in the right scenes. They must make sure the volume level does not exceed the dialogue volume and that the music fading in and out is not choppy or awkward. These soundtracks are not accompanied with lyrical meaning, so choosing a score that perfectly represents and reflects a scene’s emotion is key. 

While comedic soundtracks and romantic soundtracks sound different in meaning and feeling, they thematically match the show as a whole. It is evident that the composers who made the music for this show had an overlying theme in mind to blend scenes and moments together. So a comedic score and a romantic score may have a different sound, but they include the same instruments and key. 

Sound is something that can be overlooked in television and movies as a viewer is mainly depending on visual intake of emotions. Despite the opportunity to overlook the music in Pasión, it still holds a great importance in the construction of a scene. They inspire emotion and compliment actors and scripts. Without the music in Pasión, the romantic gazes between Norma and Juan would just be slightly awkward, very intense, silent stares.