Music of Disney
Disney is celebrating its centennial this year. It's ____ years old!
100
What song is considered the "Up Number" in The Little Mermaid?
Under the Sea
The voice actor for Shrek. He rerecorded all his lines after realizing how perfect a Scottish accent was for the character.
Mike Myers
Currently in his 90s, this composer has scored some of the most beloved films of all time such as Star Wars, Jaws, and Harry Potter.
John Williams
The creative mind behind a film, such as Steven Spielberg or Christopher Nolan
Director
The Disney Renaissance began in what year with the release of The Little Mermaid?
1989
A Broadway composer who joined Howard Ashman at Disney to score The Little Mermaid.
Alan Menken
One of two composers of Shrek, who went on to score other DreamWorks films such as How to Train Your Dragon.
John Powell
He wrote songs for Encanto and Hamilton, and his driving lyrical style infects Wish as well.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
True or false, Diegetic music can be heard by characters in the scene on screen.
True.
Disney’s first feature films were _______ stories told as a ________.
Fantasy; (animated) Musical
This live-action/animated hybrid Disney film renewed public interest in animation and set the stage for the Disney Renaissance
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
The character most comfortable with who they are,and also most likely to sing as a result.
Donkey
The composer for Black Panther, he traveled to Africa to get authentic recordings which he mixed into the film score.
Ludwig Goransson
Composers such as Erich Korngold, Max Steiner, and Bernard Herrmann are from this Hollywood time period
The Golden Age
A disgruntled former Disney animator who left to found his own studio, directly competing against his former employer.
Don Bluth
This Russian composer's music was featured in two Fantasia segments, The Rite of Spring and The Firebird.
Igor Stravinsky
A former Disney CEO who shelved the animation department for a time and served as inspiration for Lord Farquaad.
Michael Eisner
Disney during the 1940s and 50s coincidentally released successful animated musicals in tandem with live-action Broadway musicals by _________ & ___________.
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Music used in the early cut of a film before the official score is added is called a ____ ____.
Temp Track
Dave Metzger specifically cited these instruments as adding to the flavor of the film score in Wish.
Guitar and Castanets (strings and ethnic percussion)
This song is the basis for the Fantasia segment where a pod of whales takes to the skies.
The Pines of Rome
This part of Shrek's music represents the external pressures placed on the characters
Curated soundtrack
The conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra in the original Fantasia film.
Leopold Stokowski
Name one of Aaron Copland's 5 functions of film music