Music plays an essential role in narrative films as it is an important technique that filmmakers use to support the narrative and influence the way the viewer interacts, responds and interprets events as they unfold. 'they unfold. The Godfather, which is one of the Hollywood films of all time, represents a good use of music that successfully supported the dramatic events taking place in the film. Additionally, the diegetic and non-diegetic music of the Godfather film is used to achieve the overall goal by using the different principles and functions of film music that range from setting the viewer's mood to providing continuity to the film. In this essay we will participate in the Godfather film in which we will be able to observe and analyze the role of music in the film (00:30:52- 00:35:52)At the beginning of the clip (0:30:52), as the fade takes us back from the previous scene where,Mr. Woltz, a wealthy studio head, angrily refused Don Vito Corleone's request to cast Johnny Fontane in one of his films, the fade in brings us to the next scene where we see Mr. Woltz's house from the outside. As the dissolution takes place, a diegetic sound of nocturnal insects is heard and even before the next scene appears on screen. The diegetic sound of the nocturnal insects provides continuity between the first and second scenes and transports the viewer through a temporal ellipse of hours (00:30:49-00:30:53). Additionally, the sound of nocturnal insects in the following scene (00:30:53-00:31:00) suggests the approach of night and the calm in Mr. Woltz's house to show the difference between beginning and end of the scene. scene (00:30:53-00:31:00). Then, as the shot moves closer to Mr. Woltz's bedroom window (00:31:03), non-diegetic music from...... middle of paper ......(00:32 :50-00:33:18). Then the scene shifts back to Don Corleone as he listens to Tom Hegan talk about Sollozo. Suddenly, Don Corleons asks Tom Hegan about Sollozo's criminal record, and then non-diegetic music draws our attention to the interesting discussion they are having about Sollozo and the decision they should make regarding cooperation with Sollozo. (0:33:19-00:34:11)In conclusion, the musical role in the selected Godfather clip represents a great use of diegetic sounds and non-diegetic music that helps the viewer of the narrative film illustrate and interpret dramatic events as they unfold. Additionally, creating the mood, providing continuity between scenes, and intensifying the pace and rhythm were the main functions of film music that were used in the selected clip to achieve the overall goal of using music in the scenes...