Early Film Composers
Musical Terms
Animated Film Composers
Revolutions in Film Scores
Modern Film Composers
100
An English Comic actor, filmmaker, composer who rose to fame during the "Silent Era"
Who is Charlie Chapman (Chaplin)
100
the speed of a composition or movement.
What is tempo?
100

A series of 75 animated short films produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939. As their name implies, the series was originally intended as whimsical accompaniments to pieces of music

What is Silly Symphony?

100
Recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video games.
What is a Soundtrack?
100
This genre of music became a major source of film music after the success of a few scores that were collages of pre-existing hits by various artists.
What is rock/ rock'n'roll music?
200
This Austrian born composer, known as the "Father of Music" wrote the original score for King Kong amongst other big films in the 1930s.
Who is Max Steiner?
200
This terms refers to the varying degrees of volume in a composition.
What is Dynamics?
200

This composer composed among the most popular scores of the 1930s in film including "Lullaby Land" and "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf".

Who is Frank Churchill?

200
James Myers and Max Freedman wrote this 1950s rock song which was the first to be used in a movie soundtrack.
What is "Rock Around the Clock"?
200
First known as David Cronenbergs' composer, this composer branched out and demonstrated his versatile styles by creating scores for "Silence of the Lambs", "Mrs. Doubtfire" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Who is Howard Shore?
300
This composer, known as the Master of Horror, scored films like "The Mummy's Hand" and "The Creature from the Black Lagoon"
Who is Hans Salter
300
The musical term used to describe when music is performed "smooth and connected"
What is Legato?
300

This animation film composer wrote 1939's "When you Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio which led Walt Disney films to turn animated films into Musicals.

Who is Leigh Harline?

300
This Era was known at the age of TV soundtracks.
What is the 60s?
300
This American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores helped launch the disco-music scene in Hollywood and the world.
Who is David Shire?
400
This Ukrainian born helped western movies develop their own language.
Who is Dmitri Tiomkin?
400
This musical term is represented by "mp" and means moderately soft
What is mezzo piano
400

This composer was considered the "first truly original composer of cartoon music" for having worked for both Disney and Warner Bros. productions

Who is Carl Stalling?

400
This 1930s film was the first with a fully originally score written specifically for the film.
What is "Birth of a Nation"?
400
This ex-member of Oingo Boingo has composed some of the most imaginative soundtracks of his time.
Who is Danny Elfman?
500
This American composer, arranger and conductor of Film music was known for his lush orchestral style and his jazz and classical-tinged soundtracks.
Who is Alfred Newman?
500
This tempo marking suggests that music be played slow, between lento and andantino
What is adagio?
500

This Disney Musical featured the work of both Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline in 1937 and was the first soundtrack to be released as an album.

What is "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"

500
this expression was coined by Disney studios for the release of music from Pinocchio as a 3 record album in 1940
What is "original soundtrack"?
500
The most Neo-Classical of Cinema's composers, he has scored for films like "Jaws", "Star Wars", and "The Harry Potter" series.
Who is John Williams?
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