Spaghetti Westerns
Hans Zimmer
Disney Animation History
Musical Concepts
Miscellaneous
100

The country in which most spaghetti western films were made.

What is Italy and Spain?

100

The instrument that Hans Zimmer used most notably in his works (hint: electronic)

What is a Synthesizer?

100

The first cartoon that Mickey Mouse appeared in

What is Steamboat Willie?

100

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?

100
The name of the style of trumpet playing preferred by composers like Ennio Morricone in spaghetti westerns, inspired by a Mexican tradition

What is mariachi?

200

The main reason why spaghetti western films used different instruments and filming techniques than American western films.

What is a Lower Budget?

200

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?

200

The original character that Walt Disney lost due to a contract technicality, who was replaced by Mickey Mouse

Who is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?

200

The word to describe how pitches sound together, like chords (described as major or minor)

What is harmony?
200

The type of harmony typically associated with happiness or excitement in music

What is major tonality?

300

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?

300

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?

300

The type of animation used throughout most of the early Disney eras

 What is hand drawn/cel animation?

300

The speed of the music

What is Tempo?

300

The word to describe the quality of an instrument or voice's sound, also called tone color.

What is timbre?

400

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?

400

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)

400

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)

400

How loud or soft the music is

What is Dynamics?

400

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?

500

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?

500

A repeated rhythmic pattern, often used in the music of Zimmer

What is an ostinato?

500

The first full-length animated movie produced by Disney, also the first in full color.

What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?

500

The description of if the melody moves upward or downward

What is contour?

500

The composer most significantly associated with spaghetti westerns that we discussed in class.

Ennio Morricone