Thursday, April 30, 2009

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Remember The Titans Soundtrack.

The song ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ by Martin Gaye and Tammi Terrell is played in the movie Remember The Titans, directed by Boaz Yakin, in the scene where the whole football team are in the locker room, cleaning up after their training and talking, just generally getting along. The song is being played out of a radio, when one of the boys picks up and starts to sing, and then eventually they all join in. This symbolises how all it took was for one member of one race to befriend one member of the other race, and then eventually causing them all in turn to become friends and a team.

The lyrics of the song also held a powerful meaning, and supported the situation it was used in. The meaning behind the song is not letting anything get in the way of being there for someone important to you, and looking out for someone you care about. In the locker room, they all started to sing and it showed the emotional and physical bond of something deeper than friendship they had created just by getting to know each other, and they seemed to be letting each other know that they were not just teammates or friends, they were brothers.

The last effect the song had on the locker-room scene was the music for the song ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’. The music was a bouncy, happy, feel-good music and it reflected the emotions the boys had at the time. They all started to sing and move to the beat, and it showed that they were all in good moods and having a good time hanging out with one another, despite what colour their skin was.