Music Section 4 Flashcards
Did John Williams have a beard?
yes
What decade did new tone colors rise?
1950s
What decade did music trends shift to jazz, pop, and rock?
1960s
What decade did Large-Scale Symphonic film scores get “revived”
1970s
Who is often credited with reviving Large-Scale Symphonic film scores?
John Williams
What year was the first Star Wars movie released?
1977
Why is the first Star Wars movie now called Episode IV?
Because after the original trilogy, George Lucas created 3 prequels
How is the Star Wars music described in the resource guide?
Swash-buckling
Who performed the music for Star Wars
London Symphony Orchestra
How was the music for Star Wars designed
To directly follow the film; parallels the action, increase tension, and creating subtext via lief motifs and stuff
What score in Star Wars: A New Hope was not performed by the London Symphony Orchestra?
Cantina Band
How was “Cantina Band” portrayed in the film?
It was played by aliens
Does George Lucas have a beard?
yes
What movie was the most influential in the ’70s?
Star Wars: A New Hope
How much did Star Wars make through ticket sales?
$250 M or $450 M or $775 M (The book says $250M, Business Insider says $450 M, and literally everywhere else says $775M)
How much did Star Wars make because of merchandising?
A Billion
What was a Saturday Matinee Serial?
A theatre would have an episode that kids would go to, and the episode would end in a cliffhanger, getting the kids to come back the next week
How did Star Wars change the typical film formula?
Star Wars used a Saturday Matinee Serial formula to structure the movie rather than traditional methods
Who was one of the most popular Saturday Matinee Serial characters?
Flash Gordon
What years did Flash Gordon air in theaters?
1936-1940
What year was George Lucas Born?
1944
Does Chewbacca have a beard?
Now, you pose an interesting question. Chewbacca is a Wookie, and his species is known to have hair all over their bodies. Since he is a humanoid, he has a face. Now a beard is a tuft of hair on the face, typically on the chin. To answer whether or not Chewbacca has a beard can be answered in two ways. Chewbacca does have hair on his face and chin, so we could say that he has a beard. Then again, other animals, such as the dog and cat and literally any animal covered in fur have a face covered in hair. Do they have a beard? Does the hair on their chin count as a beard? In a nutshell, this question has two answers. No and Yes.
Has the Death Star ever attended a Star Wars convention?
Yes
What year was Star Wars inducted into the National Film Registry?
1989
What is diegetic music?
music that the characters in the movie can hear and plays a role in the action
Why did David Lynch remove the Atreides warrior playing a baliset from most versions of the movie Dune?
because he thought it distracted viewer’s from the narrative as too much of an emphasis was put on the score
Steven Speilberg was a friend to George Lucas (director of Star Wars) and was in production with?
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Library of Congress included Star Wars in the first group of films to be inducted into?
the National Film Registry
In what subsection does the wah-wah trumpet effect that is in many jazz tunes of Star Wars, “Cantina Band” by John Williams?
C
What are two common purposes for music within a film score?
relaxation and comedy
What Benny Goodman piece did George Lucas play during the filming so the actors would have something to guide their motions?
“Sing, Sing, Sing”
What instruments did John William’s nine musicians play to create “alien” effects for the “Cantina Band”?
trumpet, saxophones, clarinet, a Fender Rhodes piano, a Caribbean steal drum, other percussion instruments with the the bass line being performed on an Arp synthesizer
What does a ragtime style typically feature?
many syncopated rhythmic patterns against a steady accompaniment
The various melodies of Star Wars, “Cantina Band” can be grouped into an overall “song form” pattern of?
A A B A
What does a walking bass pattern mean?
its pitches ascend or descend by step
How can the “wah-wah” sound be produced?
using the hand (or a plunger) to block and then unblock the bell to affect its tone color
What 1995 anthology was created as a backstory for the cantina musicians of Listening Example 9: “Cantina Band”?
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
What was the title of the tune that constitutes Listening Example 9: “Cantina Band” of the Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina and was assigned by Daniel Keys Moran?
“Mad About Me”
What made Dolby Stereo/Sound better and different compared to other film equipment laboratories?
avoided random “hissing sounds and enhanced its digital sound in an optical track
How did the release of Star Wars into theaters help spread the demand and amount of the relatively inexpensive Dolby Stereo in theaters?
people began to prefer the enhanced sound resulting from Dolby Labratories equipment being apart of the recording
True or False? The A form of Star Wars, “Cantina Band” has subsections which ALL consist of 4 bars
False. Subsections a & c use 4 bar while subsection b uses a 16 bar harmony
What is the leitmotif that is first heard in Star Wars?
“Main Title” or “Luke’s Theme”
The upward leap of a fifth in the first two measures of “Main Title” of Star Wars reinforces what?
the optimistic and heroic quality of the melody
What is saturation scoring or wall-to-wall music?
a film score in which music occurs [almost] continuously throughout the movie- this is used in Star Wars
How does Star Wars open?
with a view of the stars, then warfare
To some participants of the Star Wars production was?
confusing which is why many doubted the film would be a success
In Star Wars where do aliens play the jazzy Listening Example 9: “Cantina Band”?
in a cantina in Mos Eisley
Who plays Luke Skywalker in Star Wars?
Mark Hamill
What is the versus-chorus of ZZ Top’s vocal version of Doubleback?
ZZ Top’s vocal version of “Doubleback”—like many rock tunes—is in a verse-chorus form (a-B-a-B, etc.)
How does WALL E begin?
WALL*E (2008) begins with various galactic images
How does WALL E beginning give a different feeling then its visual images would create?
Although WALL*E (2008) also begins with various galactic images that could be awe-inspiring or frightening, the accompanying light-hearted vocal music conveys a very different message: “Out there, there’s a world outside of Yonkers . . . full of shine and full of sparkle,” sings Michael Crawford (b. 1942).
How is WALL E loneliness intensified?
After this opening sequence, the essential loneliness of little WALL*E is intensified by the bleak second cue: “2815 A.D.” (Listening Example 12).
What was the first movie made entirely by computer-generated-
imagery?
toy story
Who is the director of Toy Story?
John Lasseter
How did John Lassester (director of Toy Story) became interested in computer generated imagery?
He was introduced to the potential of CGI when
two buddies at Disney showed him an early version of
TRON’s light-cycle race.
What questions did WALL E began with?
“What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off, and he didn’t know he could stop doing what he’s doing? . . . What if the most human thing left in the universe was a machine?”
What does the old fashion song playing at the beginning of WALL E represent?
The past versus the future.
What phrase begins the song “Put On Your Sunday Clothes”?
“Out there . . .”
Where did Readon (screenwriter of WALL E) suggest that WALL-E could have discovered his videotape?
Reardon “suggested that WALL-E could have discovered the
song on a videotape, found in the trash.”
What Academy award did WALL-E won?
It won the Academy Award for “Best Animated Feature”
When was WALL-E added to the National Film Registry?
In 2021, it joined many of our previous films by being added to the National Film Registry
What type of robot is WALL-E?
He is a solitary “Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class” robot.
What is WALL-E work?
Toiling away in a trash-filled environment, building enormous skyscrapers out of the bricks of garbage that he compresses, hour after hour.
What is the only living thing in planet earth (WALL-E)?
A cockroach
Where does the cockroach nickname HAL (from WALL-E) come from?
The nickname “Hal” is in honor of a longtime Hollywood producer, Hal Roach.
Who is EVE from WALL-E?
EVE is a sleek, egg-shaped robot searching for plant life.
What is the name of the starliner where EVE is going?
A space probe arrives to take her back to a starliner called the Axiom, with WALL*E desperately clinging on all the while.
Who wrote the score for WALL-E?
Thomas Newman wrote the score for WALL*E.
in Mars Attacks!, “Main Titles” what is happening in the opening seen (on screen)?
Meteor explodes near Earth (as viewed from mars)
what song is a great example of melismatic text-
setting.
“Indian Love Call”
what is poetry is most of the time preformed in?
syllabic text-setting,
syllabic text-setting is?
one beat per syllable
what inspired the thousands of saucers to be in “Mars Attacks!”?
inspired by Topps Card No. 1
who is the president of the USA in “Mars Attacks!”?
President James Dale
who wants to launch an attack on the aliens from mars?
General Decker
who in “Mars Attacks!” thinks that the discovery of aliens creates an amazing day for humanity?
Professor Kessler
how could the first lady Marsha Dale be described?
single-minded
what channel that interviewed Professor Kessler in Mars Attacks?
MTV
what branch of governments does Richie’s brother
Billy-Glenn enlist in?
army
what happens during 0:00 in Mars Attacks!, “Main Titles” in the music?
Steady quadruple pulse in percussion; choral chords in minor mode
what happens during 2:11 in Mars Attacks!, “Main Titles” in the music?
Change to fast triple meter, fff
what happens during 1:56 in Mars Attacks!, “Main Titles” in the music?
Descending brass scale added
where dose the screen cut to after playing the last long note in Mars Attacks! “main tittles”?
to the white house
what did Elfman say he listened to many times while working on Mars Attacks?
The Day the Earth Stood Still
what picture taken in 1952 led to the design of the spaceships on Mars attacks?
UFO or flying saucer
what did a member of the movie’s computer graphics team point out one aspect of the satire?
“They are absolutely flying saucers: one saucer inverted over another with a teacup on top. They’re really beautiful and truly elegant.”
who did Danny Elfman pay tribute to in the creation of the Mars Attacks score?
older science-fiction films
where did Elvis Presley (1935–77) make his stage debut?
at one of Whitman’s shows and then toured as Whitman’s warm-up act for a time.
how many years before “Indian Love Call” was used in Mars Attacks! since it was made?
70 years
Philip Hayward described the usage of “Indian Love Call” in Mars attacks! as?
“soundclash of epic proportions”
what happens during 2:09 in Inception, “Dream Is Collapsing” in the music?
More voices added to braaams.
what happens during 0:12 in Inception, “Dream Is Collapsing” in the music?
Texture grows slightly busier; background strings play one pulse per beat.
what happens during 0:35 in Inception, “Dream Is Collapsing” on the screen?
Cobb leaps across table & shoots Arthur. While Cobb tries to fight his way out, Arthur wakes up & tries to keep Saito asleep in next layer of dream.
Who directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
Steven Spielberg
Close Encounters of the Third Kind was unable to beat out which movie in the box office?
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind has the most pivotal ______ role in any ________ film
Music, Spielberg
In the early seventies, Columbia had amassed a debt of more than ___ million
220
The primary creditor of Columbia in the seventies was ____
the First National Bank of Boston
The notable exception to the B-list status of science fiction movies for a long time was ____
2001: A Space Odyssey
UFO stands for ___
Unidentified Flying Object
The original name for Close Encounters of the Third Kind was _____
Watch The Skies
Spielberg took a small break from directing Watch The Skies to direct which major film?
Jaws
Steven Spielberg famously was denied access to his own set when he forgot his ____
Security Badge
Close Encounters of the Third Kind was later added to the Library of Congress’ ____
National Film Registry
Spielberg ended up using over ______ times the budget
Five times
The location the aliens want to meet in Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the _____ in _______
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming
The scientists in Close Encounters of the Third Kind use a ______ system to communicate with the aliens
5-note
The child that was Close Encounters of the Third Kind was named ____
Barry
Which music educator used hand signals to teach children to sing more accurately?
Zoltán Kodály
The song “Do-Re-Mi” was featured in which movie?
The Sound of Music
What the French refer to as “solfege” and the Italians refer to as “solfeggio”, the English refer to as _____
Sol-fa
The inventor of solfege hand signs was _____
John Curwen
John Curwen was an English _____
Minister
how does the score for double back begin
stamping of boot sets the beat
how does the scene where double back is shown begins
camera pans from the boot setting the beat to the band
are there any images during the beginning of ET?
No
When was WALL-E made?
2008
what is the first words in WALL-E?
Out there
Who sings the opening to WALL-E
Michael Crawford
When was Michael Crawford born
1942
How does Michael Crawford’s song get stopped?
WALL-E presses a stop button
Where does WALL-E live?
In a junk filled wasteland of earth
who are celebrated as the first moviemakers to use computer generated all film
Pixar
When was Hello Dolly filmed
1969
who was Stanton’s partner?
Jim Reardon
Who wrote a review for WALL-E
Todd McCarthy
Who did Todd McCarthy write for?
Variety
When was WALL-E nominated for best picture
2021
Who composed listening companion 12?
Thomas Newman
Which songs accrued a lot of attention in WALL-E?
The ones borrowed from Hello Dolly
Who sang “Put On Your Sunday Clothes”
Michael Crawford
Which song did they think would be nominated for best original song?
Down to earth
How does 2815 AD begin?
Quiet synth tones rise and fall with a crescendo
When was Inception released?
2010
Who composed “Dream is Collapsing”?
Hans Zimmer
“Dream is Collapsing” illustrates what technical technique
Minimalism
Where was minimalism first introduced
“Outer Space” The Day the Earth Stood Still
The “Riff” Suit uses
a simple progression of 4 chords
What happens at 8:56 in Inception “Dream is Collapsing”
Mal shoots Arthur’s leg.
The Boston Globe regarded 2001: A Space Odyssey a
as “the world’s most extraordinary film”
In 2011 Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind became a part of the “” category
Best Sci-Fi film
2001: A Space Oddessy is what number of “The 21st Century’s 100 Greatest Films,”
No. 6
Inception is ranked number _ of “The 21st Century’s 100 Greatest Films”
No. 51
A teacher got her class to write complains to Topp’s to get more what type of material on the cards
“More Educational”
What year were the Mars Attacks! cards reissued
1994
Who directed Warner Bros. highest grossing film to date
Tim Burton
What is Warner Bros. highest grossing film to date
Batman 1989
Who was the screen writer for Mars Attacks!
Johnathan Gems
What type of Animation did Burton originally want for Mars Attacks!
Stop Motion
What type of Animation was used for Mars Attacks!
CGI
What actor wanted to play all the roles in Mars Attacks
Jack Nicholson
What two roles did Jack Nicholson play in Mars Attacks
President and Casino owners Art Land
Within the context of the 1924 operetta, “Indian Love Call” is meant to sound
Exotic
What is Falsetto
a technique that shifts a male voice into an artificially high register
“Indian Love Call” can be a lovely showcase for singers because of its frequent use of
melismatic text setting.
Most of the time, poetry in songs is performed by means of
syllabic text setting
music is “ ” in this science-fiction spoof.
weaponized
Topps Card No. 11
Billy Glenn starts to fight back
Topps Card No. 19
The other martians start blasting the crowd
