Anatomy of a Murder

Jazz music plays throughout the movie. Solo horns can be heard. It helps set the mood through the movie of an exciting and scandalous feeling. The music plays at the beginning during the crdits and 3 minutes of the movie, in transitions between scenes and at the end. The music in transitioning scenes helps to set a more risque or racy mood, especially when entering the bar, the jail or a club. It keeps the movie exciting and the audience interested in the next action in the scence. he jazz music correlates well with the murder mystery and sexual tension in the movie. I believe the jazz music was a good choice for the type of music in the film.
More commonly throughout the film, the music is underscore. Several times, the music is diegetic, when Paul plays on the piano and when the record is played in his office. In all instances the music is still jazzy, keeping the music theme constant. I enjoyed the music in the film and thought there was a moderate amount played, not overplaying the jazz so that the music becomes repeatitive and boring.