Rom-Com Music

Research

Lois Sellick

Examples of Rom-Coms• The Wedding Singer

• The Bounty Hunter

• Serendipity

• Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

• The Wedding Planner

• 10 Things I Hate About You

• Valentine’s Day

• Clueless

• The Break Up

• You’ve Got Mail

Songs that feature in the opening sequence of these films

• She’s so lovely by Scouting for Girls - Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging

• Kids in America by Kim Wilde - Clueless

• One Week by Barenaked Ladies - 10 Things I Hate About You

What sort of music do Rom-Com openings usually have

• The music which features in Rom-Com openings is most commonly upbeat to improve the audience’s mood from the start. The songs include instruments such as mainly a piano accompanied by, a guitar and a steady bass throughout. This then sets a pleasant mood for the rest of the film, and doesn’t cause the audience to feel uncomfortable like other genres might want them to.

Instruments commonly used in Rom-Com openings• Guitar of some sort• Trumpet • Sax• Keyboard/Piano• Bells of some description