The sound track and the image track in The Graduate do well to complement each other. Music, dialogue, and sound effects add to the mood, and set the tone of any given scene. The often indistinct main character, Benjamin Braddock, is handled many different ways by sound throughout the picture. The ways in which he interacts with people and his environment is shaped by the sound track. As the film opens, Simon and Garfunkle?s ?…showed first 75 words of 948 total…

…showed last 75 words of 948 total…Sound of Silence? is played as the movie comes to an end. A flawless blend of music, dialogue, and sound effects makes The Graduate very easy to follow. The sound track and image track work together in a way that few films do. Often times, it is the lack of sounds that make scenes work especially well. In this movie, sounds and images play off each other, creating realistic environments for the story to unfold.