Heard and unheard music of Casablanca Essay

While Casablanca is one of the most know, satirized and often many lines repeated, the unsung hero of the movie is its music. Everyone knows As sentence goes by, but after seeing the movie can you think of any other music from this classic. People who have seen Casablanca dozens of generation ( my father ) in their life can solo remember As time goes by. This song brings back the happy memories of Ilsa and wring in Paris.When Rick tells surface-to-air missile not to play that song, is it possible that Rick never wants to remember the good times with a woman he will never see again or his alcoholic self annihilating nature depriving himself of any happiness. Ilsa on the other hand wants to remember the good times and that is why she asks Sam to Play it. In the scene following Ricks refusal to sell Laszlo the permitters of transit, the German officers project clacking a German song Die Wacht Am Rhein.Victor Laszlo never one to let the Germans get the upper hand asks the band t o play La Marsellaise. Many in the crowd sing along to La Marsellaise as well as Laszlo. The German officers try in vain to step up sing the crowd, but with their small numbers and their Nazi cause, the French Anthem wins the day. Shortly after this, major Strasser orders Captain Renault to close down Ricks. Two competing songs bring the closure of our heroes night club, a crucial point in the movie, and few if any can remember the names of the 2 songs nor even drum a few bars.This scene also places Victor Laszlo on top of Major Strassers angle of inclination of things he needs to clean up in Casablanca. So why is it that 2 epic hymns, such a critical part of this film goes unheard and a song like As time goes by is sung, hummed and quoted so often. It is my belief that As time goes by brings back the memories of the good times and Die Wacht Am Rhein and La Marsellaise bring up the confrontation that many go to the movies to forget. The next time I see Casablanca, I will be hu mming As time goes by.