Ch. 4 Listening to Film Music Flashcards
Medley
presenting several musical themes that will be heard in the film, common in musicals
Overture
music which proceeds the beginning of the film in “epic” movies
Entr’acte
Music that preceeds the resumption of a film after the intermission
Source/diegetic music
music heard as part of a drama itself as radios, bands, ect.
Underscoring/Non-diegetic music
no logical source of music from within the drama, creates a general mood and guides us emotionally and psychologically through the film
Cue
a passage of underscoring from beginning to end
Wall-to-wall Music
music that plays almost constantly
Arrangement Borrowing
A new setting of previously composed melody, borrows only the melody, creates a new accompaniment.
Adaptation
Borrowing of a substantial portion of an existing composition for use in a film score, music remains largely intact and recognizable.
Compilation Score
Musical score, common in silent era, where most of the music is borrowed from other sources
Adapted Score
Musical score, common in sound era, where substantial music is borrowed.
Popular Music
refers to scores where the music is melody oriented, with strong beats and incorporates syncopated rhythms.
Modern Music
refers to music predominately by concert composers, with harmonic dissonance, sound distortion, and frequent use of small colorful groups of instruments.
Postromantic Music
refers to a style created by Wagner, emphasis on melody and a wide range of emotion, with a colorful orchestration and dissonance, the style is flexible, powerful and unobtrusive
Historic Music
refers to musical scores that are frequently heard as source music used to suggest setting in time
