Section III: Building From the Familiar Flashcards
1
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When did Vaudeville entertainment flourish?
A
the late 1800s to the early 1900s
2
Q
Where did Vaudeville entertainers get their musical accompaniment?
A
from musicians at each theater
3
Q
How would musicians know when to play music?
A
they would receive cue sheets that tell them when to play
4
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Which French composer wrote music for The Assassination of the Duke of Guise and the Carnival of Animals?
A
Camille Saint-Saens
5
Q
How many instruments did Saens need in her orchestra for Vaudeville performances?
A
12 instruments
6
Q
Who wrote the first original orchestral film score?
A
Victor Herbert
7
Q
How did the movie The Fall of a Nation do?
A
it did really bad and was forgotten for a long time
8
Q
When was the film score for The Fall of a Nation rerecorded?
A
1987
9
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Where was the film score for The Fall of a Nation rediscovered?
A
the Library of Congress
10
Q
Who directed Metropolis?
A
Fritz Lang
11
Q
Which year was Metropolis set in?
A
2026
12
Q
How many male extras had a role in Metropolis?
A
26,000
13
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How many main actors had a role in Metropolis?
A
8
14
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How many female extras had a role in Metropolis?
A
11,000
15
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How many children had roles in Metropolis?
A
750
16
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Where did Metropolis have its premiere?
A
Berlin, Germany
17
Q
When did Metropolis have its premiere?
A
January 10, 1927
18
Q
How long was Metropolis?
A
150 minutes
19
Q
What are intertitles or title cards?
A
text put into films, mainly used in silent films to give information on what is happening
20
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Who created the film score for Metropolis?
A
Gottfried Huppertz
21
Q
When are most film scores written?
A
post-production
22
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How many cues did Metropolis have?
A
1027
23
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How many musicians performed the Metropolis score on the night of the premiere?
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75
24
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When was the Romantic period?
A
most of the 19th century
25
What is a fermata?
a sustaining of a note until the director stops and goes on
26
tremolos comes from the Italian word that means what?
tremble
27
What did Giorgio try to do with Metropolis in 1984?
he made a version that turned it into a rock and roll musical
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How long was Giorgio's "Morodernized" version of Metropolis?
## Footnote
This is not mispelled
82 minutes long
29
The False Maria robot in Metropolis likely inspired which other character's designs?
C-3PO in Star Wars
30
How many musicians were in the largest motion-picture theater in New York?
45
31
What percent of theaters didn't have orchestras?
98%
32
Who would play the accompaniment if there wasn't an orchestra?
a sole pianist or organist
33
How did Huppertz ensure that the listening experience would be almost identical at every theater?
he started recording the music so it would sound the same everywhere
34
Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Stanley Kubrick
35
What inspired Kubrick to make the Space movie?
Arthur Clarke's The Sentinel
36
What type of computer operates the spacecraft in the Space movie?
a HAL 9000
36
When did the Library of Congress add the Space movie to the National Film Registry?
1991
36
How many movies are added each year to the National Film Registry?
25 per year
36
When was The Sentinel released?
1951
36
How many movies were in the National Film Registry by the end of 2021?
825
36
Who made the film score for the Space movie?
Richard Strauss
37
After North's music was rejected for the Space movie, what other movies did he use it for?
The Shoes of the Fisherman and Dragonslayer
37
When was the National Film Registry started?
1988
37
When was The Shoes of the Fisherman released?
1968
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When was Dragonslayer released?
1981
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When was North's score for the Space movie released commercially?
1993
40
Who directed and produced E.T.?
Steven Spielberg
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How long was E.T. the highest-grossing film?
11 years
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When was E.T. released?
1982
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When was E.T. added to the National Film Registry?
1994
44
What movie surpassed E.T.?
Jurassic Park
45
When was Jurassic Park released?
1993
46
Who directed Jurassic Park?
Steven Spielberg
47
Who discovers ET in the movie E.T.?
Elliot
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During Halloween in E.T., what did Elliot disguise ET as?
a ghost
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Who wrote the score for E.T.?
John Williams
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What special award did the film score for E.T. receive?
an Oscar
51
Who wrote Romantic Symphony?
Howard Hanson
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When was Romantic Symphony released?
1930
53
Which woodwind instrument did Williams emphasize more than the other woodwinds?
the piccolo
54
What is a celesta?
a small, bell-like instrument
55
Which century did the use of leitmotifs go out of fashion?
twentieth century
56
How does a harp play a glissando?
by strumming up and down the strings
57
How many copies of the film album for E.T. were sold that same year?
500k
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What did E.T. rely on for coherence?
leitmotifs
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What is a tritone?
an interval made of 2 notes that are 3 whole steps apart
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What is a major tritone progression?
a gesture based on harmonies rather than melodies, commonly found in Romantic-era films
61
Who made the score for Dune?
Toto
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Where can most of the features of Toto's Dune score be found?
the first 2 cues, Prologue and Main Title
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End title music is performed when?
the closing credits
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When is Main Title music performed?
during the opening credit information
65
When was The Day the Earth Stood Still released?
1951
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Who made the film score for The Day the Earth Stood Still?
Bernard Herrmann
67
On October 30, 1938, what did people think when they turned to the radio station?
they thought there was an alien invasion
68
When was Citizen Cane released?
1941
69
Herrmann was nominated for an Oscar, but didn't win. Who did he lose to?
he lost to himself for the music for The Devil and Daniel Webster
70
How much did the flying saucer used in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still cost?
$100,000
71
What was the circumference of the flying saucer in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still?
350 feet
72
What did the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still depict aliens as?
nice, rational, and peaceful extraterrestrial beings that didn't pose a threat to humans
73
What what did aliens traditionally look like in when the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still was made?
bug-eyed monster or BEMs
74
What was the intent for most science fiction films in the mid-twentieth century?
to terrify audiences
75
What did The Day the Earth Stood Still win a Golden Globe award for?
it won the award for promoting international understanding
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What did Director Robert Wise tell Herrmann to do with the film score?
he told him to "do something special"
77
what electronic instruments were used in Herrmann's score for The Day the Earth Stood Still?
an electric violin, electric cello, electric bass, electric guitar, and a theremin
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What did Herrmann jokingly say about the amount of electric instruments used in the film score for The Day the Earth Stood Still on FOX studios?
"the only thing we didn't have is an electric hot water bottle"
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What category of instruments that were commonly used in sci-fi films wasn't used in the film score for The Day the Earth Stood Still?
woodwinds weren't used
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What kind of organs were used in the film score for The Day the Earth Stood till?
Hammond organs
81
What had the theremin been advertised as?
"music from the ether"
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How many cues for the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still used the theremin?
24 cues
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What is a segue?
a cue that tells musicians to move to the next section without a pause
85
What is the first cue for The Day the Earth Stood Still called?
Prelude
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How long is the cue Prelude in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still?
under 7 seconds long
87
What is a cymbal roll?
where a cymbal is played like a drum with 2 mallets beating it very fast
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How does Herrmann create contrast for the cue Prelude using the cymbal roll?
he has 2 play the cymbal roll with tympani mallets and 2 with triangle beaters
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What are triangle beaters?
small metal sticks used to play the triangle
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What are tympani mallets like?
fairly large mallets with large, soft heads, used to play the tympani
91
What approach did Herrmann use for the cue Outer Space in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still?
minimalism
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What is minimalism?
a style that takes a small amount of material and maximizes it to its highest potential
93
Fill in the blank: "Herrmann was the greatest ________ writer ever."
ostinato
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Who said that Herrmann was the best ostinato writer ever?
Elmer Bernstein
95
When was Forbidden Planet released?
1956
96
What was unique about the film score for Forbidden Planet
it was all electronic
97
Was Forbidden Planet a B-movie?
no, it was too sophisticated, and lots of money was poured into it
98
What is a B-movie?
a low-budget movie that was intended to follow a better-funded movie
99
Which year was TRON released?
1982
100
What company made TRON?
Disney
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What aspects of film-making processes does TRON combine?
CGI, live-action filming, and hand-drawn animation
102
What movies/stories are compared to the story of TRON
Alice in wonderland and The Wizard of Oz
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What is the storyline of TRON?
Where a real-world character enters a strange place
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What is the main TRON theme labeled as?
"Anthem"
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The cue "Creation of TRON" is very brief and includes which 3 timbres?
synthesizer, orchestra, and a choir
