Musical for Visual Media

Question 1

Audiovisual

Answer 1

media using both audio (sound) and visual (sight) elements; most visual media is audiovisual

Question 2

Mickey mousing

Answer 2

a scoring technique in which the music is rhythmically synchronized with action on-screen (e.g., staccato notes following the exact timing of the footsteps of a character)

Question 3

Program music

Answer 3

music which represents a narrative or other extramusical element

Question 4

Film score

Answer 4

o A film score is simply the music which accompanies a film

Question 5

Main title theme

Answer 5

the music heard during the opening credits and title sequence of a film, television series, news show, vlog, or other visual media

Question 6

Leitmotif

Answer 6

a short musical phrase which recurs over the course of a work of visual media in connection with a specific character, event, location, thought, or emotion

Question 7

Underscore

Answer 7

parts of a score which serve as background music to on-screen dialogue and action

Question 8

Source music

Answer 8

music which is being played by an on-screen or on-stage source, and is heard by the characters in the fictional setting