Music in Film - Quiz 3
Easy Rider (1969)
- First feature film to be scored entirely with rock and popular songs of its era - Featured "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf - Featured "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" by Bob Dylan - Featured "The Weight" by The Band - Featured "If 6 Were 9" by Jimi Hendrix
Adapted Score
- A score that is comprised of previously written music - Stanley Kubrick took advantage of this method as well as hiring unknown directors (Gyorgy Ligeti, Wendy (Walter) Carlos, Krzysztof Penderecki, Bartoff)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Composed "The Requiem" for his own funeral/death AMADEUS (1984)
The Graduate (1967)
- First feature film score officially credited to a rock band: Simon and Garfunkle - Featured "Sound of Silence" and "Mrs. Robinson"
Leonard Bernstein
- First great composer who was a master of both classical and Jazz music - Most famous as a symphony conductor ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) - Perfect blend of classical and Jazz elements - Solo French Horn plays a blues melody in the main title - Brings elements of American Nationalism with the dissonance of Jazz harmony
Ennio Morricone
- Spaghetti Westerns THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY - Utilized famous whistles and electric guitar - Parodied by Walt Kent in THE ELECTION (1999) starring young Reese Witherspoon
Elmer Bernstein
- The first to introduce jazz into film scoring - "The other Bernstein" THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1955) - Special use of the rhythm section - Drums relate to the main character
Jerry Goldsmith
- Used very unique instruments in composing (Ram's horn, bass slide whistle, Gamelan, rub rods, steel mixing bowls)
Tim Rice
- Wrote Elton John's lyrics for THE LION KING (1994)
Alex North
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) - Used Jazz as source music - Saxophone in "Stella!" scene - Small orchestral arrangements
Duke Ellington
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959) - Strictly Jazz - First major film to be scored by an African-American composer
Rock N' Roll in Film
BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (1955) - Featured first rock song in film "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Coments
Charles Strouse
BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967) - Used the instruments of American folk and Bluegrass (fiddle, banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin)
John Barry
BORN FREE (1966) MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) - Featured "Everybody's Talking" by Fred Neil and Harry Nilsson
Monty Norman
DR. NO (1962) - First Bond film - Notable main title with guitar riff - Credited composer: Monty Norman - Performer: John Barry
Aaron Copeland
HE GOT GAME (1998) - Directed by Spike Lee
Dimitri Tiomkin
HIGH NOON (1952)
Quincy Jones
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) - Focused on other forms of African-American pop - Relied on Blues and Gospel - Main title by pianist/singer Ray Charles
Canon
One instrument begins a melody and and a second instrument begins the same melody a few bars later
Leonard Rosenman
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) - Made James Dean and Natalie Wood into film-stars - "Judy" theme - Use of traditional themes
Ostinato
Short repeated melodic phrase
Henry Mancini
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) - Use Latin-American percussion symbolized something evil BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961) - Featured "Moon River" HATARI (1962) CHARADE (1964) - Elements of Jazz Big-Band, Rock Guitar, and Afro-Latin percussion in main title THE PINK PANTHER (1963) - Featured the Tenor Saxophone
Dissonance
Two clashing notes