ET Movie
Director
Who is Steven Spielberg?
Composer
Who is John Williams?
Director
Who is David Lynch?
Composer(s)
Who is Toto?
MTTP stands for this
What is major tritone progression?
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How long ET held the record for highest-grossing film
What is 11 years?
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Analysts often label the third leitmotif as the “E.T.” motif, but it seems that Williams’s personal nickname for this tune was ____
What is “The Call”?
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Movie Toto turned down in order to create the score for "Dune"
What is "Footloose"?
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Besides Dune, the number of film scores composed by Toto?
What is none?
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Director of the movie that broke ETs highest-grossing streak
Who is Spielberg (Jurassic Park)
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The small bell-like keyboard instrument the composer used to contribute to a childlike mood
What is a celesta?
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The nickname of the first leitmotif of the selection
What is “Government Theme” or the “Keys”?
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During the course of the film, we see “____ different planet environments and more than ____ ____ costumes.”
What are four and four thousand?
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This timbre—which treats the chorus as if it were a wind instrument—is a favorite of many film composers.
What is a wordless choir?
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Alien who delivers a warning to Earth in "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
Who is Klaatu?
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The year it was added to the National Film Registry
What is 1994?
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The "named" leitmotif that has been published separately for concert performance
What is "Flying Theme"?
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The emperor’s daughter, ____ ____, often narrates through major plot developments.
Princess Irulan
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The “Prologue” opens with a glissando and crescendo that end with a sustained ____ in the low strings
What is drone?
Bernard Herrmann made use of ____ electronic Hammond organs in his score for "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
What is two?
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In the music for E.T., Williams unifies the score by embedding upward leaps of ____ in virtually all the leitmotifs
What is a perfect fifth?
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The D♯ in this motif does not belong to A Major or A Minor. Instead, that “sharp 4” changes the harmony of the third motif to ____ mode
What is Lydian?
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Producer of the movie who wanted a more "contemporary sound" to the score.
Who is Dino De Laurentiis?
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Band member David Paich’s father ____ assisted with the orchestrations of their cues.
Who is Marty?
Bernard Herman assembled a compilation score for the program and conducted the orchestra during the live broadcast on this date
What is October 30, 1938?
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