Spaghetti Westerns
The country in which most spaghetti western films were made.
What is Italy and Spain?
The instrument that Hans Zimmer used most notably in his works (hint: electronic)
What is a Synthesizer?
The first cartoon that Mickey Mouse appeared in
What is Steamboat Willie?
A series of notes arranged in a way that is memorable to form a song or a tune (described using conjunct/disjunct, and contour)
What is melody?
What is mariachi?
The main reason why spaghetti western films used different instruments and filming techniques than American western films.
What is a Lower Budget?
A recurring musical idea that Hans Zimmer used in his movies to represent specific characters (like jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean)
What is a leitmotif?
The original character that Walt Disney lost due to a contract technicality, who was replaced by Mickey Mouse
Who is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?
The word to describe how pitches sound together, like chords (described as major or minor)
The type of harmony typically associated with happiness or excitement in music
What is major tonality?
The types of instruments used in spaghetti western films by composers like Ennio Morricone (Name at least two).
What is the Electric guitar, harmonica, drums, tambourines, piano, and trumpet?
The name of at least three movies with music composed by Hans Zimmer that we discussed in class.
What is Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King, The Dark Knight, and Man of Steel?
The type of animation used throughout most of the early Disney eras
What is hand drawn/cel animation?
The speed of the music
What is Tempo?
The word to describe the quality of an instrument or voice's sound, also called tone color.
What is timbre?
The types of natural sounds used in spaghetti western films due to the lower budget and making it sound more realistic (name at least two).
What are Gunshots, whip cracks, whistling, voices, animal howls, horse clopping?
The difference between Hans Zimmer's superhero themes and classic superhero themes (like Batman and Superman)
What is simpler, less heroic, less focused on melody, using electronic music? (other answers based on quality)
The type of movie that each successful Disney era starts with.
What is a princess movie? (BONUS: name the princess movies that started the Golden Era, the Silver Era, and Renaissance era, or the Revival Era)
How loud or soft the music is
What is Dynamics?
Name four out of the seven Disney eras that we discussed in class (double points if you name all seven)
What is Golden, Wartime, Silver, Bronze, Renaissance, Experimental/Post-Renaissance, and Revival?
The name of a spaghetti western movie that we discussed in class
What is The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Fistful of Dollars, Django, Once Upon a Time in the West?
A repeated rhythmic pattern, often used in the music of Zimmer
What is an ostinato?
The first full-length animated movie produced by Disney, also the first in full color.
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?
The description of if the melody moves upward or downward
What is contour?
The composer most significantly associated with spaghetti westerns that we discussed in class.
Ennio Morricone