Genres: Music For Film And Computer Games

Question 1

First films were silent, accompanied by a live pianist in the cinema. Once films began to use sound, it was possible to record music to ? the images.

Answer 1

Accompany.

Question 2

Film scores relied on orchestral ? written by composers to match the images. In the early days, composers would write music out by hand and the ? would have to be precise. Now, with music software, composers can sketch their composition and generate a click track (? ?).

Answer 2

Textures.
Conductor.
Hans Zimmer.

Question 3

Development of synths allowed ? sounds to be used as part of orchestral scores and technology, ? and samplers made the film composer’s’ job easier, allowing composers to add different musical ideas.

Answer 3

Electronic.

DAWs.