Music In Media
This sitcom theme first aired in 1994. That familiar, twanging guitar riff, off-the-beat synth and of course, the iconic clap clap clap clap – probably the only time a TV sitcom has ever guaranteed such fervent audience participation.
What is the Friend's Theme Song
This plucked or strummed instrument was created most likely in the 16th century in Spain originally having only 4 strings at its creation as opposed to its 6 string present day version
What is the Guitar
The opener to a lock, or the pitches or scale that a song is in
What is a Key
The name of the 19th century European music theorist by which much of classical music, and current music (although unfairly) is analyzed
Who is Henrich Shenker
This main signature theme music of the films has been featured in every Eon Productions film since the first movie released in 1962.
What is the James Bond Theme Song
About 230 strings make up this large and heavy instrument usually played with 88 different mallets
What is the Piano
A place to drink, or a place for notes on paper
What is a Bar
The author wrote “Possessive Investment in Classical Music: Confronting Legacies Of White Supremacy in US Schools and Departments of Music”and “Sounding Race in Rap Songs”?
Who is Loren Kajikawa
2014 epic science fiction film co-written, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway. Set in a dystopian future where humanity is struggling to survive, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole near Saturn in search of a new home for humanity.
What is the Interstellar Theme Song
This instrument made usually of bent steel is a member of the percussion family that is hit with a tiny metal rod to create a tone
What is the Triangle
Employees, or a set of lines on sheet music
What is a Staff
The author of our reading on Cantonese opera in the United States and then visited us in class and talked to us about translating Cantonese music into western notation
Who is Dr. Nancy Rao
This game show's theme song is used when people are thinking for a long time and during "Final ____"
What is Jeopardy
This brass instrument, when stretched out from its tubular shape, would reach over 30 feet long!
What is the French Horn
A structure to cross an obstacle, or the musical phrase between a verse and chorus
What is a Bridge
The author who wrote “An Open Letter on Racism in Music Studies,” where they cricized the field of ethnomusicology for upholding white supremacist systems
Who is Dr. Danielle Brown
This American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career that has spanned nearly seven decades, has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history, like Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, E.T. etc.
Who is John Williams
This instrument is played by the musician waving their hand up and down and you’ll often hear it used as extraterrestrial sound effects in films
What is the Theremin
An inflection of the voice, or the ending of a musical phrase
This author and professor is currently working on a book manuscript entitled "Musicians at the Crossroads: Mongol Music and Ethnic Heritage in China"
Who is Dr. Charlotte D'Evelyn