Halloween
What is the date of the evening in which the barrier between the physical human world and spiritual world can be broken?
Oct 31st
What is the name of the movie/tv series that involves finger snapping as a percussion accompaniment?
Addams Family
John Carpenter directed and wrote the theme song for the __________ series.
Halloween
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Addams Family
Ghosts
What is the name of the deadly disease that spread throughout Europe in the 1300's?
Black Plague/Death
The Nightmare Before Christmas didn't first start off as a movie. What was it originally?
A Poem
When writing the Halloween theme song, John Carpenter used ________ which means "off beat" or "unsteady."
Syncopation
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Ghostbusters
Before “Come Little Children” premiered in Hocus Pocus, what kind of song was it originally?
A Christmas Song
The ____ ages was a time in Europe where there was a lot of death, disease, and war.
Dark
How many days did it take for Ray Parker Jr to write the Ghostbusters theme song?
1 1/2 days
Composers for horror movies liked to write music in _____ time signatures, not even.
Odd
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This is Halloween
Which song made No. 1 for 3 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 Charts?
Ghostbusters
What does Danse Macabre translate to in English?
Dance of Death
Hocus Pocus did not originate as a movie. What was it originally?
A bedtime story
Halloween was considered a low budget film. How much money did John Carpenter have to create this film? $_____,000.00
300
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Come Little Children
What is the term for music that helps you feel certain emotions or see certain images?
Program Music
The Celtic ______ of Samhain was held every year in the 1300's to celebrate Halloween.
Festival
Danny Elfman kept switching “This is Halloween” from 4 beats to ___ beats.
3 beats
This electronic instrument became popular in the 70’s. John Carpenter was the first one to use it in the horror film industry.
Synthesizer
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Halloween Theme Song
What is the name for music that is written for a poem?
Tone Poem