Film Music

Question 1

Leitmotif

Answer 1

Any kind of brief melody or theme that are associated with an individual in the plot or s place, emotional moods, or larger philosophical ideals

Question 2

Who is Richard Wagner?

Answer 2

Used leitmotifs often

Question 3

Warner Bros. Cartoons

Answer 3

Famous kid cartoons that had Carl Stallings compose for them

Question 4

Who is Carl Stallings?

Answer 4

One of the most important of cartoon composers. Begins at the age of 12 for silent films. He worked for Walt Disney and then moved onto Warner bros.
Also famous for bar sheets

Question 5

Bar sheets

Answer 5

Rhythmic sketches that went with story boards. Before animation, you set up and designed a story book of what would happen. They decide in each scene what music will go along with it. The bar sheet would map out the beats and the tempo so that the composer and animator could do their thing separately
Carl Stallings participated in this

Question 6

What are the musical influences of film music?

Answer 6

Opera, romantic classical music