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MUSIC 355 PART 1 2025/2026 EXAM
UPDATED
What main title music features strange vocalizations twangy
guitar, and an guttural male chorus? ..... ANSWER ...... The
good the bad and the ugly
what rather odd sound showed up in High Noon, The
Magnificent Seven, and The good the bad and the ugly .....
ANSWER ...... wooden boxy-sounding drum
what two main titles make prominent use of a whip .....
ANSWER ...... blazing saddles and rawhide
who was born in rome, italy and composed 500+ scores for
films including the score for fistful of dollars and the good the
bad and the ugly ..... ANSWER ...... ennio morricone
Which American-born composer composed the score for the
magnificent secen ..... ANSWER ...... elmer bernstein
who used unusual sampled sounds like a grandfather clock and
pump organ pedals in his oscar winning music for 3:10 to uima
..... ANSWER ...... marco belatrami
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Who sang the main title music for blazing saddles .....
ANSWER ...... Frankie Lane
who was a member of the pop group the budggles whos hit song
was video killed the radio star ..... ANSWER ...... hans
zimmer
elmer bernstein wrote what score ..... ANSWER ...... ten
commandments
james horner wrote what score? ..... ANSWER ...... braveheart
music in the epic genre tend to use ..... ANSWER ...... large
orchestras
the duduk, an armenian double reed instrument,m was used in
the following movies except ..... ANSWER ...... pink panther
(other movies are all very dramatic)
in the 1953 film the robe, which is the correct musical style of
the film? ..... ANSWER ...... huge orchestra and choir
In the early days of sound film, a series of holes punched in film
stock to correspond to the action on the screen acts as a variable
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click for the conductor and the musicians. ..... ANSWER ......
True
Which came first? A. Recording to audio tape
B. Recording to disk
C. Recording to digital
D. Recording to 3 stripe magnetic tape ..... ANSWER ......
recording to disk
23) Performing rights organizations do not collect and distribute
royalties on behalf of composers and publishers. ..... ANSWER
...... False
24) Leitmotiv is a recurring theme that identifies a character,
emotion, or idea ..... ANSWER ...... True
Sync royalties are
A. Paid to use existing recording of music
B. Paid to sync music to film
C. Paid to adapt audio tape to digital tape
D. Paid to adapt compositions for TV or Film production .....
ANSWER ...... Paid to adapt compositions for TV or Film
production
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Mechanical Royalties are:
A. Paid to adapt compositions for TV or Film production
B. Paid to work the machines
C. Paid to use existing recording of music
D. Paid to deal with the mechanics of the score
- used the actual recording ..... ANSWER ...... Paid to use
existing recording of music
27) Recorded and projected film
28) Early device to sync sound to film
29) Used for personal viewing
A. Chronophone
B. Cinematographe
C. Kinetoscope ..... ANSWER ...... 27) Recorded and
projected film B
28) Early device to sync sound to film A
29) Used for personal viewing C
30) This person is primarily concerned with the organization and
finances of the production.
MUSIC 355 PART 1 2025/2026 EXAM
UPDATED
What main title music features strange vocalizations twangy
guitar, and an guttural male chorus? ..... ANSWER ...... The
good the bad and the ugly
what rather odd sound showed up in High Noon, The
Magnificent Seven, and The good the bad and the ugly .....
ANSWER ...... wooden boxy-sounding drum
what two main titles make prominent use of a whip .....
ANSWER ...... blazing saddles and rawhide
who was born in rome, italy and composed 500+ scores for
films including the score for fistful of dollars and the good the
bad and the ugly ..... ANSWER ...... ennio morricone
Which American-born composer composed the score for the
magnificent secen ..... ANSWER ...... elmer bernstein
who used unusual sampled sounds like a grandfather clock and
pump organ pedals in his oscar winning music for 3:10 to uima
..... ANSWER ...... marco belatrami
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Who sang the main title music for blazing saddles .....
ANSWER ...... Frankie Lane
who was a member of the pop group the budggles whos hit song
was video killed the radio star ..... ANSWER ...... hans
zimmer
elmer bernstein wrote what score ..... ANSWER ...... ten
commandments
james horner wrote what score? ..... ANSWER ...... braveheart
music in the epic genre tend to use ..... ANSWER ...... large
orchestras
the duduk, an armenian double reed instrument,m was used in
the following movies except ..... ANSWER ...... pink panther
(other movies are all very dramatic)
in the 1953 film the robe, which is the correct musical style of
the film? ..... ANSWER ...... huge orchestra and choir
In the early days of sound film, a series of holes punched in film
stock to correspond to the action on the screen acts as a variable
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click for the conductor and the musicians. ..... ANSWER ......
True
Which came first? A. Recording to audio tape
B. Recording to disk
C. Recording to digital
D. Recording to 3 stripe magnetic tape ..... ANSWER ......
recording to disk
23) Performing rights organizations do not collect and distribute
royalties on behalf of composers and publishers. ..... ANSWER
...... False
24) Leitmotiv is a recurring theme that identifies a character,
emotion, or idea ..... ANSWER ...... True
Sync royalties are
A. Paid to use existing recording of music
B. Paid to sync music to film
C. Paid to adapt audio tape to digital tape
D. Paid to adapt compositions for TV or Film production .....
ANSWER ...... Paid to adapt compositions for TV or Film
production
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Mechanical Royalties are:
A. Paid to adapt compositions for TV or Film production
B. Paid to work the machines
C. Paid to use existing recording of music
D. Paid to deal with the mechanics of the score
- used the actual recording ..... ANSWER ...... Paid to use
existing recording of music
27) Recorded and projected film
28) Early device to sync sound to film
29) Used for personal viewing
A. Chronophone
B. Cinematographe
C. Kinetoscope ..... ANSWER ...... 27) Recorded and
projected film B
28) Early device to sync sound to film A
29) Used for personal viewing C
30) This person is primarily concerned with the organization and
finances of the production.
