MUS 468 MIDTERM EXAM. GRADED A
1 The advent of sound films caused music to disappear from most films.
2 Film composers
a Franz Waxman -
b Frank Churchill -
c Alfred Newman -
d Erich Korngold -
e Herbert Stothart
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MUS 468 MIDTERM EXAM. GRADED A
1 The advent of sound films caused music to disappear from most films.
2 Film composers
a Franz Waxman -
b Frank Churchill -
c Alfred Newman -
d Erich Korngold -
e Herbert Stothart
3 Steiner's music for King Kong portrays the horrifying nature of the beast throughout the story.
The score for King Kong helps to bring back the wall-to-wall scoring for films.
4 What does not characterize the music for
5 What does not characterize the classical score for the Golden Age of sound film?
6 Which of these films contains a musical score that can be seen as a parody of its genre?
What does not characterize the climactic scene of The Adventures of Robin Hood?
What does not characterize the music for Gone With the Wind? In Gone With the Wind, the title theme represents Scarlett's love for
Her plantation (page 41 third paragraph)
7 In Gone With the Wind, the music suggests that Scarlett is selfish and self-centered.
In 1939, virtually all Hollywood films contained classic film scores.
8 Film Composers
a Gone with the Wind -
b Stagecoach -
c Mr. Smith goes to Washington -
d Shall We Dance -
e Wizard of Oz - Herbert Strothart for musicals of the 1930s?
- Busby Berkeley
9 What is the form of the song "They All Laughed" from Shall We Dance?
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10 What is the name of the first cartoon with sound?
11 Prior to World War II, Disney's most successful movie was Fantasia.
-What does not describe the music for The Wizard of Oz?
- Who is the foremost composer of the American Nationalist style?
- Aaron Copland
12 Who composed the score to The Heiress?
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13 What does NOT characterize the Alfred Newman's score for The Song of Bernadette?
14 The film Citizen Kane is modeled after the life of which man?
- Citizen Kane was the last major film score for Bernard Herrmann
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15 What does not characterize the film score to Citizen Kane?
- What musical structure underscores the Breakfast montage in Citizen Kane?
Variations (pg.166)
16 During World War II, Hollywood responded to patriotic calls and made record money
17 Max Steiner composed "As Time Goes By" for Casablanca, and it became one of his greatest hits.
(Casablanca Lecture Slides) It is not composed by Steiner.
18 What does not characterize the score for Casablanca?
Extended use of newly composed popular song
19 What music dominates the Paris montage?
20 What does Laszlo do when he hears the Germans sing "Die Wacht am Rhein"?
Laszlo orders the house band to play
21 Modern musical sounds were first adopted into European films.
22 National schools
a Alexander Nevsky - Soviet Union
b Things to Come - England
c La Noche de los Maya - Mexico d Grand Illusion - France
e Hangmen Also Die - USA
23 Of the following, which has a musical score composed by someone other than Prokofiev?
The Great Dictator
24 What does not characterize Hollywood in the years that followed the end of World War II? The Best Picture winners reflect the light, escapist mood of the postwar euphoria
25 As a style, film noir emphasizes bright lighting and uplifting stories.
26 Film noir
a Laura-Jazz is used to give the principal character a sense of sophistication.
b Double Indemnity-Although containing a love theme, the score is dominated by a darker tone.
c A Double Life-The playing of Renaissance music suggests that an actor is losing
touch with reality.
d Spellbound - The score balances a strong love theme with a disoriented theme for dementia, played by a theremin
e Lost Weekend - The theremin represents the craving for alcohol.
27 David Raksin supplied Laura with multiple beautiful themes.
- (p. 203-204 txtbk)
28 The electronic instrument called the Theremin first appeared in which movie?
-
29 What does not characterize The Best Years of Our Lives? A musical score that is devoid of leitmotifs.
30 The score for The Best Years of Our Lives is based on a popular musical style.
- American Nationalism)
31 Sunset Blvd. mimics music from an opera by which composer?
- Richard Strauss p.211
32 Because of financial difficulties, the 1950s produced the weakest array of films in Hollywood's history.
33 What is not a musical trend of the 1950s?
Widescreen Era
a North by Northwest - Herrmann scores this classic Hitchcock thriller
b Big Country - Jerome Moross created a new sound for Westerns in this film c Anatomy of a Murder - This film features an all-jazz score by Duke Ellington. d The Bridge on the River Kwai - A sparse score for this epic war drama
e Around the World in 80 Days - Victory Young creates a popular tune based on the waltz for this Best Picture winner.
On my test Big Country wasn’t on there instead it was, “The Robe - First Cinamascope film with
music by Alfred Newman”
34 Religious Epics
The Ten Commandments - Score by newcomer Elmer Bernstein/
The Robe - Newman's powerful score takes full advantage of stereo
Samson and Delilah - An early epic with music by Victor Young /
Quo Vadis - Best of the BC films (before Cinimascope)
35 In Ben Hur, where does the reversal of the plot begin?
on the slave trip
36 In Ben Hur, what music dominates the Chariot Race?
No Music for this scene
37 Which theme in Ben Hur is dominated by threes?
Christ Theme
38 Leonard Rosenman's score for Rebel Without a Cause includes passages of which modern style?
- Expressionism (Lecture Note)
39 What does not characterize the music for On The Waterfront?
40 On the Waterfront is Leonard Bernstein's only film score.
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41 What does not characterize the movie Vertigo?
42 The film score for Forbidden Planet mixes electronic music with music from traditional symphonic
instruments.
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43 What does NOT characterize the score for Touch of Evil?
The revisions requested by Orson Welles did not impact the music./
44 What was not an advantage to using popular music in films? -
45 What does not characterize the theme song from High Noon?
46 One of the most effective motives of High Noon is the simple reiteration of a pitch suggesting the ticking of a clock. -
47 "Rock Around the Clock" had already reached no. 1 on the Billboard Top 40 list before its appearance
in Blackboard Jungle.
48 Which film featured Elvis Presley and rock 'n roll?
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49 The dominant popular melody in Around the World in 80 Days is based on what type of popular dance?
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50 What does NOT characterize the music for Some Like It Hot?
51 Of the following Disney films, which did not appear in the 1950s?
52 Of the following musicals, which primarily uses songs from the 1920s and 30s?
53 International Filmmakers a Ophuls - France
b Bergaman - Sweden c Fellini - Italy
d Kurosawa - Japan
54 Of the following, which film exemplifies neo-realism of Italy?
55 What provides the musical accompaniment to the classic The Third Man?
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56 International Films
a Japan - Italy -
c England
d Sweden
e Brazil -
57 Which film is a classic story of a ballerina?
-Of the following films, which has an improvised jazz score played by Miles Davis?
a
58 Bollywood produces movies in which country?
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