Musical Storytelling
The term for using music or musical sounds to represent an idea, character, object, or emotion.
What is a leitmotif?
A dramatic musical work that combines singing, instrumental music, staging, and theatrical storytelling.
What is opera?
These commonly accompanied silent films in theaters before synchronized film sound became widespread.
What are live musicians?
This composer wrote the iconic scores for Jaws and Star Wars:
Who is John Williams?
This era of video-game music features electronic bleeps and bloops that create an ambience around the game.
What is the early era?
What is the difference between recognition and association?
Recognition is knowing what something is, association is knowing the application of it.
The difference between opera seria and opera buffa is:
Opera seria is centered around more serious themes - opera buffa serves as a comedy.
This 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film featured Bernard Herrmann's famous string-based score for its shower scene.
What is Psycho?
This composer is known for combining traditional orchestral writing with electronic sounds in films such as The Lion King and Dune.
Who is Hanz Zimmer?
Which era of video game music features primarily short melodies and repetiton due to the newfound ability to incorporate multiple musical voices?
This era features the Super Mario Bros theme.
What is the 8-bit era?
The term for music that accompanies a play, dramatic production, or other theatrical performance. This is typically the scenes that are opening or closing the production.
What is Incidental Music?
A formal vocal style that slows the plot and focuses on a character's internal struggle.
What is an aria?
The addition of this component aided film in gaining audio and led to film score composition.
What is synchronized sound?
This composer created the score for Black Panther, incorporating musical influences and performers connected to African musical traditions:
Who is Ludwig Goransson?
What is licensing?
A type of Romantic-era instrumental music that is written to portray a story, scene, image, or idea.
What is Programmatic Music?
This form of variety entertainment included musical accompaniment for clowns, jugglers, comedians, etc.
What is vaudeville?
This 1933 film featured a landmark score by Max Steiner that helped establish the dramatic, action-packed orchestral film-scoring style?
What is King Kong?
This composer is known for his composition of the iconic western film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Who is Ennio Morriconne?
This song by Kate Bush was revived thanks to the character Max in Stranger Things.
What is Running Up that Hill?
The concept that music can create certain emotions through its specific elements?
What is the Doctrine of Affections?
A flexible speech-like vocal style that is used for dialogue and speeds the narrative along.
What is a recitative?
This 1927 film starring Al Jolson helped popularize synchronized dialogue in feature films.
What is The Jazz Singer?
This composer is known for his creation of the jazz-inflected soundtrack about a pink feline.
Who is Henry Mancini?
These three events can happen to any song through social media and lead to becoming a viral sensation:
What are becoming a trend, being featured in a popular show, and becoming a meme?