MUS 109 – Midterm questions with
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when was the time of the 'Classic' Film Score or also known as: "A New Golden Age" - correct answer
✔✔1934-1938
What caused the live theatres and movie houses to suffer in the New Golden Age? - correct answer ✔✔-
the depression that followed the stock market crash of 1929
- the lack of sound systems in theatres to play movies with sound (prior to this they only played silent
films so they didn't have speakers)
What did live theatres and movie houses do to compensate for a loss in business in the new golden age?
- correct answer ✔✔- lowered ticket prices
- had double and triple features
- a gimmick called 'dish night'
The first golden age of film = - correct answer ✔✔the age of silent film 1920-1928
Hollywood entered a second Golden Age in... - correct answer ✔✔the mid 1930s
In the new golden age, music had a significant impact in: - correct answer ✔✔action/adventure, drama,
and horror films
Name atleast 3 important composers from the new golden age: - correct answer ✔✔Max Steiner, Franz
Waxman, Alfred Newaman, Dimitri Tiomkin, Erich Korngold, Victor Young
The Characteristics of the Classic Film Score: - correct answer ✔✔- extensive use of music
- use of full range orchestral colours
- melody-dominated post-romantic style
,- establishing principle themes and moods during the opening title and credits
- musical support for dramatic moods, settings, characters & action
- Borrowing of pre-existing/familiar tunes and melodies
- leitmotifs and thematic transformation
Max Steiner: - correct answer ✔✔- one of the first composers to write scores for motion pictures
- helped to create the tradition of film music
- played a major part in creating the 'Classic Film Score'
Movie Examples that have the Classic Film Score: - correct answer ✔✔1. Mutiny on the Bounty
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood
3. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
4. Bambi
5. Titanic
Leitmotivs (leitmotifs) - correct answer ✔✔a musical theme that represents a character, idea or place
Role of Film Scoring - correct answer ✔✔- provide unity
- communicate that which is unspoken
- reflect emotion
- intensify or relax the pace
- foreshadow what is to come
- underscore or parallel the action
- setting the time and location
- create humour
Masking - correct answer ✔✔an exercise where you watch the film without music or listen to the music
without watching the scene
, Who are "leitmotivs" mostly associated with: - correct answer ✔✔Richard Wagner
When and why did leitmotifs originally die out? - correct answer ✔✔the 1950s because soundtrack
albums with contemporary pop music required less work and made more money
Who reintroduced leitmotif-based orchestral and in which movie series? - correct answer ✔✔George
Lucas and John Williams - Star Wars
Thematic Transformation: - correct answer ✔✔when a composer takes a leitmotif and manipulates it to
match the action and mood of a scene or a character
John Williams Style of Music: - correct answer ✔✔- big brassy marches
- prominent woodwind runs
- cymbal crashes
- harp glissandos
- lyrical sweeping themes
- thundering support rhythms
What was John Williams best know for: - correct answer ✔✔His epic, neo-romantic style:
- complex, chromatic harmony and leitmotifs
- large-scale orchestra and a strong brass sound
- memorable themes/melodies (lyrical and heroic)
- writes in a variety of styles to suit the film he is scoring.
Basic features of the Classic Film score: - correct answer ✔✔- large symphony
- lots of scoring
- uses a post-romantic style
- unity through leitmotifs & transformation
- lots of scoring
- supports drama
complete solutions rated A+
when was the time of the 'Classic' Film Score or also known as: "A New Golden Age" - correct answer
✔✔1934-1938
What caused the live theatres and movie houses to suffer in the New Golden Age? - correct answer ✔✔-
the depression that followed the stock market crash of 1929
- the lack of sound systems in theatres to play movies with sound (prior to this they only played silent
films so they didn't have speakers)
What did live theatres and movie houses do to compensate for a loss in business in the new golden age?
- correct answer ✔✔- lowered ticket prices
- had double and triple features
- a gimmick called 'dish night'
The first golden age of film = - correct answer ✔✔the age of silent film 1920-1928
Hollywood entered a second Golden Age in... - correct answer ✔✔the mid 1930s
In the new golden age, music had a significant impact in: - correct answer ✔✔action/adventure, drama,
and horror films
Name atleast 3 important composers from the new golden age: - correct answer ✔✔Max Steiner, Franz
Waxman, Alfred Newaman, Dimitri Tiomkin, Erich Korngold, Victor Young
The Characteristics of the Classic Film Score: - correct answer ✔✔- extensive use of music
- use of full range orchestral colours
- melody-dominated post-romantic style
,- establishing principle themes and moods during the opening title and credits
- musical support for dramatic moods, settings, characters & action
- Borrowing of pre-existing/familiar tunes and melodies
- leitmotifs and thematic transformation
Max Steiner: - correct answer ✔✔- one of the first composers to write scores for motion pictures
- helped to create the tradition of film music
- played a major part in creating the 'Classic Film Score'
Movie Examples that have the Classic Film Score: - correct answer ✔✔1. Mutiny on the Bounty
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood
3. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
4. Bambi
5. Titanic
Leitmotivs (leitmotifs) - correct answer ✔✔a musical theme that represents a character, idea or place
Role of Film Scoring - correct answer ✔✔- provide unity
- communicate that which is unspoken
- reflect emotion
- intensify or relax the pace
- foreshadow what is to come
- underscore or parallel the action
- setting the time and location
- create humour
Masking - correct answer ✔✔an exercise where you watch the film without music or listen to the music
without watching the scene
, Who are "leitmotivs" mostly associated with: - correct answer ✔✔Richard Wagner
When and why did leitmotifs originally die out? - correct answer ✔✔the 1950s because soundtrack
albums with contemporary pop music required less work and made more money
Who reintroduced leitmotif-based orchestral and in which movie series? - correct answer ✔✔George
Lucas and John Williams - Star Wars
Thematic Transformation: - correct answer ✔✔when a composer takes a leitmotif and manipulates it to
match the action and mood of a scene or a character
John Williams Style of Music: - correct answer ✔✔- big brassy marches
- prominent woodwind runs
- cymbal crashes
- harp glissandos
- lyrical sweeping themes
- thundering support rhythms
What was John Williams best know for: - correct answer ✔✔His epic, neo-romantic style:
- complex, chromatic harmony and leitmotifs
- large-scale orchestra and a strong brass sound
- memorable themes/melodies (lyrical and heroic)
- writes in a variety of styles to suit the film he is scoring.
Basic features of the Classic Film score: - correct answer ✔✔- large symphony
- lots of scoring
- uses a post-romantic style
- unity through leitmotifs & transformation
- lots of scoring
- supports drama
