Terms
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Timbre/mood/tone
Composers
Movies
100

The term for an entire movie's music, 

Score

100

The name of the first successful "Western"

The Great Train Robbery

100

Name a mood word that could describe the Jurassic Park scene when the first see the dinosaurs?

Majestic

Epic

magical 

100

He composed the music to Star Wars

John Williams

100

What movie with the famous great white features famous music?

Jaws

200

The term for adding background sounds such as footsteps and wind. 

Foley

200

The name of the early projector developed by the Edison Company 

The Kinetescope

200

What instruments could convey sadness?  

Strings 

piano

200

What sounds did John Williams add to the orchestra to make the music in Revenge of the Sith more "religious?"

A full choir    

200

What movies is John Williams music is featured in at Hogwarts? 

Harry Potter

300

How do foley artists create the crunching of snow?

(from the video we saw on foley)

Stepping on bags of corn starch.  

300

How did movies first use music?

Live Orchestra

300

What is a timbre word for a trumpet?

brassy

shrill

nasal 

300

He composed the score to Inception and Interstellar  

Hanz Zimmer 

300

What was the argument in the video we saw that stated that the Marvel Music was boring?

-That the music was generic and did not take any risks.  It was simply reused and was not written to fit the action.  

400

The term for music that is used a placeholder until actual music can be written for a movie

Temp Tracks  or Temp Music

400

What instrument  in the early years of silent films featured a player who improvised a score while watching the movie?  

Piano

400

what instruments are playing during the Jaws theme music?

Strings and brass

400

What instrument category does the score to Deadpool contain a lot of?   

Electronic Synthesizers 

400

What triumphant music is always heard in Peru or Egypt when the lead character is about to save the day?  

Indiana Jones them song 

500

The name for when the Director and composer sit down to determine how and when to place music in a movie.  

Spotting Session

500

What instrument is featured in the scary scene from Psycho?  

Violins   (strings)

500

What is the featured instrument in the Interstellar score.  

(we saw a video on the making of the music)

Pipe Organ 

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