THEMATIC RELEVANCE OF MUSIC IN NOLLYWOOD MOVIES

Abstract

The production of a rational film entails a proper utilization of both visual and audio elements to realize effective message delivery via ideal communication. The industry of film is an important tool to humans for mirroring, creating change and for the projection of his perfect world. The Nigerian movie industry has enjoyed so much attention both within and outside the shores of the country i.e Africa, Europe Asia and beyond. The growing popularity that has trailed the industry has been bedeviled with heavy criticism. There has been several calls from different works of life on the contents of the works been produced in great quantity with particular reference to thematic relevance of music in films which is seen by many as significantly ignored by movie producers or not properly placed in sequential arrangement of events or scenes in the play. The major concern of this paper is to understand the thematic relevance of music in Nollywood movies. The study was anchored on Apparatus theory of film. Using the evaluation and survey research designs, the study sampled 150 respondents using questionnaire on multistage sampling design. The study found out that; music is very much relevant in Nollywood movies. Though music are not rightly placed in Nollywood movies. Furthermore, music pre-empts film plots and music in Nollywood film helps in message delivery. It is therefore recommended that movie makers and stakeholders in the Nollywood should make use of music in their movies in a more objective and innovative manner.