ABSTRACT
Synchronization of language- in the various forms of title song and voice-over narration- adds lexical connotations to the synchronization created by the sound::image statement. The music, composed from a highly rhythmic, repeating series of low-key fanfares is not synchronized. Neither the background images nor the composited title card texts align with the music, forcing attention away from the rhythmic aspects of the sound to the relationship of voice-over to cut-scenes. The formal organization of the titles as a montage synchronized by/through either voice-over or theme song is a common feature of title sequences designed for television programs since the 1950s. The differences between the title song and the narrated montage lie with the role of music in the construction of the title sequence. Television title sequences have employed a narrative voice-over to explain and present a prologue since the earliest commercial broadcasts in United States in the 1940s.
