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Oscars 2022: 5 experts on the wins, the emotions, the music – and the bold frocks on the runway

Ari Mattes, University of Notre Dame Australia; Claire Whitley, Flinders University; Gregory Camp, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Harriette Richards, The University of Melbourne, and Tom Clark, Victoria University

The Power of the Dog may have lead the pack when it came to nominations, but the big winner of the night was the understated CODA.
Composer John Williams employed the relationship between music and emotions to great effect in film scores. In this file photo, Williams poses on the red carpet at the 2016 AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to John Williams at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Invision/AP/Chris Pizzello)

45 years on, the ‘Jaws’ theme manipulates our emotions to inspire terror

Robbie MacKay, Queen's University, Ontario

The movie ‘Jaws’ opens with a truly iconic piece of music. Two notes have us on the edge of our seats in anticipation — how does music manipulate our emotions?

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  1. Academy Awards 2022
  2. DUNE
  3. Encanto
  4. film scores
  5. film soundtracks
  6. Jaws
  7. Musical composition
  8. Music and emotions
  9. The Power of the Dog

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