Sci-fi soundtracks

E.T-

Instruments used in the soundtrack for this film are synthesizers violins,bass,cello,harps,flutes,clarinets and drums as the music in this soundtrack is of both high and low pitch and this variety if instruments can help achieve the right sounds they needed for this music. The tempo is fast when exciting parts of the film occur but when the film is slow the music is too but the music has a space like  kind of feel which is good for this film as that is the style of music needed to fit in with is genre as you would not have folk music in this style of film. The duration of the music is anywhere from 20 seconds to 2 minutes depending on what is happening in this film.

Star Wars-

The instruments used in this soundtrack are pianos, synthesizers ,flutes ,organs ,guitars and drums to give the music the dramatic feel for when conflicts are taking place and for when leading up to the conflicts. The tempo of music in the Star Wars series is very diverse as at one point the music will be slow when the characters are talking but when something is about to happen the music starts to get quicker so this signifies that something is happening when the tempo quickens during one of the star wars episodes and the duration of the music is between 30 seconds to 2 minutes for when two characters are in conflict the music lasts the
 whole duration to add effect and builds the atmosphere.

2001: A space odyssey-

The instruments used in this soundtrack are synthesizers and an orchestra as these help give the music an out of this world feel and the tempo differs in different parts of the film as at one points its slow but at an other its fast and the pitch of the music is both high and low to give the music a freaky feel and give it the style to fit in with the certain style of film and the duration of the music varies in different scenes