Chapter 30 Review Quiz

Max Steiner intended this theme to represent a place, the Southern plantation Tara in the film Gone With the Wind. In which of the following styles/eras was this film score written?

1920s-1940s when "classical" scores were used

Which statement regarding classic Hollywood film scores of the 1930s and 1940s is most accurate?

All of the above are true

Electronic instrumentation was used for sci-fi films in the 1950s-1960s because it was well-suited for the speakers used cinematic theaters. Composers for TV, though, did not use electronic instrumentation because it did not sound good through the small speakers of the average home TV set.

False

Which of the following films from the late 20th-century used a musical score with an old-fashioned, classical, Steiner-model score?

Star Wars

Identify the correct definition of "Romantic minimalism."

a small bit of musical material that is constantly varied and expanded timbrally and rhythmically in the style of 19th-century orchestra music

"Looped underscoring" was primarily used in .

early video games

What musical features does John Williams use in this excerpt to represent the character of Princess Leia?

low strings playing a lyrical melody with soft dynamics

Which of the following definitions best suits the meaning of "cut music"?

music written for the beginnings and endings of video games

Identify the correct definition of "cue" as used in the early sound films

music written for the sections in films during which people were not speaking—credit sequences, chases, or action sequences

In the 1950s and 1960s, what is likely one of the most direct influences that caused film composers to suddenly show a great interest in writing theme songs that could be marketed and sold separately?

the 1948 court-ordered selling off of studio-owned theaters which led to less income for the studios

What is the compilation method of composing film music?

the assembling of sound tracks from preexisting and prerecorded music

Which of the following film-score techniques gave directors and music supervisors, rather than composers, greater ability to shape a film's music?

the compilation method

All of the statements apply to film music during the middle of the 20th century EXCEPT which of the following?

the use of Dolby stereo sound equipment in move theaters

What is a monothematic format?

the use of a single song or theme to represent a film or TV show rather than a separate theme for every character.

What is underscoring?

the use of music in in films so that it could be heard under dialogue

What was Bernard Herrmann's intent in this excerpt from Pyscho (1960)?

to use string glissandos as sound effects for a woman screaming in a shower as she is stabbed and murdered