Early Films
A movie that lacks recorded, synchronized sound, which includes dialogue.
Silent Film
What is the term given to when the music closely mimics the movements of the characters on screen emphasizes the action?
Mickey Mousing
Max Steiner pioneered the use of ______, also known as background music.
Underscoring
This instrument was developed in the 1970's and began being used in both popular music and film scores.
Synthesizer
Composed music for movies such as 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', and 'Harry Potter'. Was nominated for 54 Academy Awards
John Williams
An early French silent film that was both filmed and released in 1902. Known as the first science fiction movies
‘Le voyage dans la lune’ (A Trip to the Moon)
Which movie is regarded as marking the end of the Silent Film Era and the beginning of the ‘talkies’ or ‘talking pictures’? It was the first movie to contain dialogue
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Many of the Golden Age film composers were 'child prodigies'. What is a child prodigy?
A child who is extremely talented (often more talented than most adults) in a subject or discipline. For composers, it would be music.
In the 1950's and 1960's film composers began incorporating popular styles, such as _____, in their scores.
Jazz, Rock n' Roll
Composed music for 'Interstellar', 'Inception', 'The Dark Knight', and 'Dune'. Has won 2 Academy Awards for Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer
The first motion picture device. Moving pictures could be viewed through a peephole
Kinetoscope
Which early Disney animated film contained a soundtrack, sound effects, and bits of dialogue/vocal effects? This film also introduced the character Mickey Mouse.
Steamboat Willie (1928)
What movie is regarded as one of the first examples of ‘modern’ film scoring? This movie used the first full-length score for a sound film.
King Kong (1933)
In the 1990's film scores continued the use of Synthesizers, but there was a resurgence of scores performed by an _______, like what was used during the Golden Age of Hollywood
Orchestra
Pioneered the use of synthesizers in film music. Is primarily known for his score for 'Halloween'
John Carpenter
Because music was an important part of Silent Films, it was performed _____ for each movie showing as opposed to being pre-recorded.
Live or in-person
The first film to use the Vitaphone to provide a synchronized musical score and sound effects was _____
Don Juan (1926)
Who became known as the “The Father of Film Music”?
Max Steiner
In the 1980's films often released a _____ along with the movie. This contained not only pieces of the score from the movie, but separate songs that were written for, or about, the movie. These songs could be used in the movie, or were written solely for promoting the movie.
Soundtrack
Is known for his scores for 'The Avengers', 'Back to the Future', 'Forrest Gump', 'Polar Express', and 'Captain America: The First Avenger'
Alan Silvestri
Sheet music for Silent Films was often compiled for the performers at each movie theater. What does the term 'compiled' mean?
To gather and/or assemble
A short musical theme that can represent a character, an idea, a mood, a setting, an item etc. Used by many film composers, most prominently John Williams
Leitmotif
Even though he was Russian, Dimitri Tiomkin was best known for his scores in what genre of Film?
Westerns
With the breakup of the big Hollywood studios, the time period from the late 1960s until the early 1980s was known as the _____.
New Hollywood Era
This is an Icelandic composer who plays the cello. Is known for her score for 'Joker' for which she won an Academy Award
Hildur Guðnadóttir