Sea Hawk

This movie is a perfect example of George Burt's article "The Story's the Thing." Through its use of leitmotifs, sequences, display of geography and history, etc. the music in the Sea Hawk is successful in keeping the story the main focus of the movie. This music perfects unobstrusiveness because the viewer is not bombarded with it. Throughout the film, music increases the emotional intensity of the love scenes and the fight scenes. It also helps to create continuity in the different scenes without becoming overpowering or monotonous. In conclusion, the music plays its vital role of combining with film to result in a "larger statement than would be possible with one or the other medium alone."