Fusion of Heavy Metal Music and Symphony and its Application in Writing Music: an Analysis on my Original Work “Landscape of my Life”

• Main Authors: Lin, Ching-Heng, 林敬恒
• Other Authors: Tung, Chao-Ming
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6d358r

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 音樂學系 === 107 === Symphony and Heavy Metal music are completely different music genres, but the amount of musicians who are trying to combine symphony and Heavy Metal music is increasing nowadays, making this kind of crossover music style more widespread, creating the subgenre of Heavy Metal music informally called Symphonic Metal that combines symphony and Heavy Metal music. Many Symphonic Metal bands were born, making this subgenre more popular in music industry. The sound of Symphonic Metal that combines the powerful, aggressive factor of Heavy Metal music, and complicated music texture and timbre variety of symphony, is magnificent, making the genre itself more widely applied by metal bands, and moreover, by film music and production music. The author will introduce the history and development of Heavy Metal music and symphony, and analyze his original work “Landscape of my Life”, discussing the song form, instrumentation, and lyrics.