Key Terms I
Key Terms II
Name that movie I
Name that movie II
Miscellaneous
100
Composing music expressly for film.
What is scoring?
100
Melodies associated with a particular character that recur throughout the film.
What are character themes?
100
The first film to use a live orchestra accompaniment.
What is Birth of a Nation?
100
Its score has original disco tunes that became hit songs.
What is Saturday Night Fever?
100
Film similar to audio tape coated with an oxide surface.
What is a mag track?
200
The professional responsible for selecting, commissioning, and/or writing the music track for a film.
What is the music director?
200
To suggest actions or events before they happen.
What is foreshadow?
200
It had "Anna's Theme" played by Joshua Bell.
What is The Red Violin?
200
Its score drew on Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber.
What is Platoon?
200
This begins after the final "cut" has been made in a movie.
What is the process of making a soundtrack (or scoring)?
300
A series of clicks that allow the conductor to synchronize the orchestra's playing to the film.
What is a click track?
300
The sharing of another person's feelings or emotions
What is empathy?
300
The first talking film, featuring Al Jolson.
What is The Jazz Singer?
300
It has a relentless ostinato figure that creates and supports the feeling of terror.
What is Midnight Express?
300
He wrote the scores for Star Wars and Harry Potter.
Who is John Williams?
400
A perforated strip along the films edge containing coded representations of the sound.
What is a soundtrack?
400
To determine which scenes should have music in them.
What is spot?
400
It won Oscars for Best Musical Score and Best Song in 2004.
What is Lord of the Rings: Return of the King?
400
It had music composed by Tan Dun.
What is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?
400
It features classical music as the plot relates to the rivalry between Puccini and Mozart.
What is Amadeus?
500
Putting all the elements of sound onto one track.
What is dubbing?
500
The specific music for a particular scene in a film or TV production.
What is a cue?
500
It has a sinister underworld theme composed by Ennio Morricone.
What is The Untouchables?
500
Its music was composed by John Corigliano.
What is The Red Violin?
500
Yo-Yo Ma played this instrument.
What is the Violin?
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