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Film Composers
Obscure Factoids
100

This is the official term for a movement of film music

Cues or Tracks

100

This is the person who determines the music of a film

The Director

100

This style of film music is considered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4unfJmIvw0


Digitization

100

This Nostalgia film composer borrows from Classical composers

John Williams

100

This genre has faced much criticism after several #1 hits were pasted into a single piece.

Country

200

This is used to connect a specific character, idea or theme with the audience

Leitmotif

200

This is the role of the person who often goes uncredited in the film scores

Musicians

200

This style of film music is considered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC5Ed1ql_fQ

Nostalgia

200

This Digitization film composer has been used as a guide for the past 30+ years of music

Hans Zimmer

200

Shostakovich did this before and especially after his denunciation

Played accompaniment to silent films.

300

The director inserts these as placeholders to give an idea of the mood or storyline

Temp Tracks or Temp Music

300

This person is responsible for creating music that follows the director's vision

Film Composer
300

Trans-Diegetic Sound

300

This Nostalgia film composer borrows from himself.

James Horner

300

Joe Hisaishi is considered the ____________ of Japan.

John Williams

400

This type of music is part of the story or narrative of the film and can be heard by the characters.

Diegetic Sound

400

These people work behind the scenes of digitization to create realistic music

Audio Engineers

400

This style of film music is considered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phBThlPTBEg

Heritage

400

The Heritage film composer incorporates elements of Spanish history with their music.

Oscar Navarro

400

Using everyday objects, these __________ artists create the sound effects in film

Foley

500

The following is an example of: I-V-IV-vi

Pop chord progression

500

This is the party responsible for playing almost all rehearsal drafts for the director prior to live musicians

Computer (or MIDI)

500

Getting Rick Roll'd

500

This Pre-Nostalgic film composer is known primarily for the work done with the Alfred Hitchcock films:

Bernard Hermann

500

What percentage of silent films used piano versus orchestra? (The answer should equal 100%

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