Film Language Tag: music, title
The music that accompanies a works’ opening or closing credits. Motion pictures tend to use different music for the opening and closing credits, while television programs tend to use the same title music for both (or a variation on the same melody). See theme music
Auto Focus Opening Title Sequence, Auto Focus
A retro title sequence superimposing opening credits onto animated images and stills from the cast.
Batman Opening Title Sequence, Batman
A list of opening credits while the camera pans around the titular logo.
Big Dealer Man, Coffy
Coffy (Pam Grier) goes over to the Dealer Man's (Morris Buchanan) apartment.
Block-Heads Opening Title Sequence, Block-Heads
A list of opening credits next to drawings and letterheads.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Opening Title Sequence, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
A list of opening credits side-by-side with Butch Cassidy's gang robbing a train.
Catch Me If You Can Opening Title Sequence, Catch Me If You Can
A list of digital opening titles alongside a cat-and-mouse game between the FBI and the protagonist.
Closing Sequence, Sergeant Rutledge
Mr. Hubble (Fred Libby) confesses to the crimes, proving Sergeant Rutledge's (Woody Strode) innocence. Lieutenant Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) converses with Miss Beecher (Constance Towers) outside the courtroom.
Closing Sequence, The Red Ball Express
The men of the Red Ball Express successfully supply the tanks, and proceed to head back to HQ.
Death Proof Opening Title Sequence, Death Proof
A list of opening credits superimposed upon fast editing of some of the protagonists the antagonist's car.
Django Unchained Opening Title Sequence, Django Unchained
Much like the Italian original, a list of superimposed titles over the protagonist's journey through the landscape.
Dr. Strangelove Opening Title Sequence, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
A list of handwritten opening titles over the refueling of an important plane.
Fantastic Mr. Fox Opening Title Sequence, Fantastic Mr. Fox
A modern abridged list of opening titles over the geographical landscape of the film.
Far From Heaven Opening Title Sequence, Far from Heaven
A list of superimposed titles following the protagonist's car's journey back to her house.
Goldfinger Opening Title Sequence, Goldfinger
A list of opening credits side by side with moments from the film projected onto close-ups of a gold woman.
High Noon Opening Title Sequence, High Noon
A list of opening titles superimposed upon the gang arriving to town. Popularized the theme song, especially among westerns.
Jerry Maguire Opening Title Sequence, Jerry Maguire
A list of opening credits superimposed upon a montage of the protagonist's work experience.
Les Girls Opening Title Sequence, Les Girls
A list of opening credits alongside images of each actor's character.
Lolita Opening Title Sequence, Lolita
A list of superimposed opening credits while the title character gets a pedicure from the protagonist.
Lord of War Opening Title Sequence, Lord of War
After a direct address, a list of opening credits is superimposed on a montage of the life of a bullet... and the death of a child.
Monkey Business Opening Title Sequence, Monkey Business
A list of superimposed opening credits interrupted by the protagonist multiple times.
North by Northwest Opening Title Sequence, North by Northwest
A list of opening credits over vector-like imagery dissolved into the real world.
Oldboy Opening Title Sequence, Oldboy
A ticking list of opening titles superimposed upon the protagonist's kidnapping.
Opening Credits , The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The opening credits of the film feature a floating mouth singing "Science Fiction/Double Feature."
Opening Sequence, The Jackie Robinson Story
An offscreen narrator explains the importance of Jackie Robinson's story as a young Jackie (Howard Louis MacNeely) walks with his back turned to the camera.
Opening Sequence, The Children's Hour
Children from the Wright-Dobie School for Girls ride bikes, play outdoors, and perform in a piano recital for their parents to watch.
Se7en Opening Title Sequence, Se7en
A list of handwritten opening credits cut between and superimposed upon grimy investigation details and the killer's journal.
Skyfall Opening Title Sequence, Skyfall
A list of opening credits superimposed upon digital imagery and extreme close-ups.
Spider-Man Opening Title Sequence, Spider-Man
A list of opening credits in conjunction with digital webbing and foreshadowing imagery.
The Chaser Opening Title Sequence, The Chaser
A list of opening titles superimposed upon the antagonist claiming another victim and our introduction to the protagonist.
The Fugitive Opening Title Sequence, The Fugitive
A list of opening credits superimposed upon the protagonist, followed by an audio description of the locales used.
The Killer Inside Me Opening Title Sequence, The Killer Inside Me
A list of opening credits over still images of the cast.
The Pink Panther Opening Title Sequence, The Pink Panther
A list of animated opening credits while a detective plays a cat-and-mouse game with a pink panther.
The Shining Opening Title Sequence, The Shining
A list of opening credits over the protagonist's drive to his interview at the hotel.
The Spy Who Loved Me Opening Title Sequence, The Spy Who Loved Me
A list of opening titles superimposed upon a cat and mouse dancing game between the two main characters.
The Terminator Opening Title Sequence, The Terminator
A list of all-digital opening credits after a futuristic opening which lays the groundwork for the rest of the film.
The Thomas Crown Affair Opening Title Sequence, The Thomas Crown Affair
A list of opening titles side by side with rectangular collage-like moments from the film.
The Wild Bunch Opening Title Sequence, The Wild Bunch
A list of opening titles shown during freeze frames of a gang's lead-up to a bank robbery.
Vertigo Opening Title Sequence, Vertigo
A list of opening credits superimposed upon an extreme close-up of a female face followed by symbolic imagery.
