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100

a stringed instrument with a rich tone that is larger than a violin but smaller than a bass

What is a Cello?

100

A. Metropolis Thema

B. Cantina Band

C. Main Title

D. Prologue

E. Mars Attacks (Main Theme)

What is B. Cantina Band?

100

John Williams emphasized which family of instruments in his music?

What are Woodwinds (piccolos, celesta, harp)?

100

in music notation, the meter is indicated with a ________________

What is a time signature?

100

Metropolis robot "False Maria" influenced what Star Wars robot

Who is C-3PO?

200

a small flute that is an octave higher than an ordinary one

What is a Piccolo?
200

A. Sending the Signal

B. Blade Runner - End Titles

C. Creation of Tron

D. Also sprach Zarathustra

E. Wild Signals

What is D. Also sprach Zarathustra?

200

Composed the soundtrack to a movie where the alien "comes in peace"

Who is John Williams?

200

The form that follows ABACABA or ABACA

What is rondo form?

200

The first mass-produced synthesizer model to include MIDI capabilities

What is the Yamaha DX-7?

300

the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family

What is a Tuba?

300

A. 2815 A.D.

B. Doubleback

C. Prelude and Outer Space

D. Blade Runner - End Titles

E. Sending the Signal

What is A. 2815 A.D.?

300

The band who composed the "a Stars Wars kind of movie"

Who is Toto?

300

____________ is a genre of music that features consistent syncopation against a steady accompaniment

What is ragtime?

300

The Beatles used this type of instrument on their 1969 album Abbey Road

What is the Moog synthesizer?

400

a drum head stretched across the opening of a bowl that can be pitched

What is a Timpani?

400

A. Mars Attacks

B. Metropolis "Machine"

C. Blade Runner - End Titles

D. Main Titles

E. Metropolis Thema

What is A. Mars Attacks?

400

The composer who was credited with reviving symphonic scores with his music for Star Wars, which is saturated with leitmotifs for Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Darth Vader

Who is John Williams?

400

The effect of using a hand or a plunger to block and then unblock the bell to affect its tone color of a trumpet

What is wah-wah?

400

A very ludicrous role for diegetic music occurs in Tim Burton's ____________ (1996), inspired by the gruesome trading cards published-- and quickly "canceled"-- by Topps Chewing Gum Company in 1962.

What is Mars' Attacks!

500

A small percussion instrument with metal bars that are stuck by felt hammers operated by a piano-like keyboard

What is a Celesta?

500

A. Creation of Tron

B. Wild Signals

C. Prologue

D. Metropolis Thema

E. Metropolis "Machine"

What is E. Metropolis "Machine"?

500

Had a very interesting compositional process as he set up various synthesizers, sound processors, and recorders as he created the soundtrack for Blade Runner

Who is Vangelis?

500

The form that the "Outer Space" theme from The Day the Earth Stood Still is in

What is ternary form?

500

The film _______ involves communicating with aliens via sound, particularly the musical pattern Re-Mi-Do-Do Sol

What is The Tempest?