Music in Media
True or false: Music in movies helps audiences understand how a scene is supposed to feel.
True
This composer started composing music at age 5.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This composer has written many famous movie themes and adventure music, including the Star Wars movies.
Who is John Williams?
Name the 7 letters used in the musical alphabet.
What are A, B, C, D, E, F, and G?
True or false: a composer and a songwriter are the same thing.
False
This composer continued writing music even after losing his hearing.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This composer is known for calm-sounding Studio Ghibli film music.
Who is Joe Hisaishi?
This is the name for the 5 lines and 4 spaces where music is written.
What is the staff?
To make an action scene more exciting, composers might write music that is this dynamic.
What is loud/forte?
This composer’s music is known for being layered and complex, often using more than one melody at once.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
This composer is known for epic and intense movie soundtracks, including the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Who is Hans Zimmer?
A music staff has this many spaces.
What is 4?
Music in movies and TV helps do this for the audience.
What is tell the story?
This composer’s music often sounds smooth, light, and elegant.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This composer wrote dramatic superhero and TV music, including the Final Destination series.
Who is Shirley Walker?
True or false: Notes higher on the staff sound higher.
True
Sad and emotional scenes usually use this tempo for music.
What is slow?
This composer is known for dramatic music with strong repeating motifs.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This film composer’s music often sounds heroic, grand, and exciting.
Who is John Williams?
This type of music note is an empty circle with a stem attached.
What is a half note?