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Bernstein, Elmer

- Composed Ten Commandments -Composed the music for to kill a mockingbird

Singing in the Rain

By Authr Freed

Sunset boulevard:

Combines elements of both film noir and message films

Hans Zimmerman

Did music for Rain Man

Touch of Evil

Directed by Orson Wells. Music by hennery Mancinci. Two version were released.

Dennis Hopper

Easy rider

The red Shoes

Firected by Michael Powell and Emeric Press burger

Francios Truffaint:

Most celebrated films Tirez sur le Painiste and Jules et Jim

Arias

Songs

Burt Bacharach

composed a string of successful songs; What's new pussy cat, Alfe, butch Cassidy and the sundance.

Biopic

finest film biographies

Andean flute:

is a distorted avant-garde sound that included drums and a south American instrument, the Andean flute

The two most visible and enduring technical changes in film during the 1950s were

the use of color and the advent of widescreen cinematography.

John Berry

wrote born free and the Ballad of the Green Berets. Contributed music to James Bond

Roman Polanski

: Directed Chinatown. Chinatown's color and hence is considered to be an example of neo film noir.

Sergio Leone:

: Directed best known film in this rlem, 'Dollars" trilogy starring Clint east wood and the classic once upon a time in the west.

Wyler William

: Directed the best year of our lives

John Williams

: Hollywoods Premier composer. Films Poseidon Adventure, towering inferno. Jaws. Star wars. Low brass used

The Beatles

: In three notable movies; A Hard days Night, Help, Yellow Submarine

Electronic music:

: No acoustic instruments, strings, winds, or percussion. In 1948, Barron establish one of the earliest studio

Some like it Hot:

: Rated by American Film institute Americas greatest comedy. By Adoph Deutsch. Marilin Manroe in this movie.

Krzysztif Penderecki

: The Exorcist barrowed their/his music for the film. Patches of it.

Nino Rota

: composed the score for the godfather second one the third she died

Hennery Mancini

: created theme for pink panther. Films: Touch of evil, Breakfast at tiffany's, Days of wine and roses, pink panther.

Disco

: had just began to make an impact on the rock scene in 1975

Blaxploitation

: in which stereotypes of ghetto images were exploited for Hollywood financial gain in action stories, westerns, science fictions, and even horror films,

Sythesizer:

: it offered film composers with a awider variety of musical colors than a symphony orchestra. Three styles Modern, Traditional, Popular

T.E. Lawrence

: portrayal of a pivotal figure in the middles east who has numerous contradictions.

Rosen man, Lenard

A key figure expanding the role of modern music in film. Won Oscar twice nominated 4 times. Important films: East of Eden and Rebel witjout a cause, Star Trek 1986

Bicycle Thives

Alessandro Cicognini composed

The third man

Anton Karas composed music for this film

Alan Silvestri

Back to future

Martin Scorese:

Breakthrough film Mean streets containing rock and roll hits

Popular music trends of the 1950s

COUNTRY WESTERN AND ROCK AND ROLL

Neorealism:

Characterized by visions of people, society, locations, and situations as they are, not as we would like to envision them.

Toch, Ernst

Composed a passage for The Hunch back Notre Dame, used at the end of the The Robe movie.

Jerry Goldsmith

Composed music for Planet of the Apes

Maurice Jarre:

Composed the music for Lawrence of Arabia. He introduced an electronic instoment undes martenot. And composed for doctor zhivago

David Raskin

Composer active in brining contemporary musical sounds to Hollywood. He is best remembered for incorporating a popular music idiom into one of Hollywood's most influential scares- Laura (1944)

Antonio Salieri

Composer for Amadeus sound

Alexander Courage:

Composer that helps out in star trek enterprise

Slide Gutiar:

Cooder can smoothly connect notes and creat vibrato ffor sustained pitches

Ennio Morricon

Created a sensation with his score to leone triology by mixing diverse element such as musical instuments assicated with wild west, human voice, natural sounds, and electric guitar. Uses it in the good, the bad and the ugly. Composes lot of famous movies

Barroom, Bebe, and louis

Created and all-electric score for forbidden planet. No acoustics instruments-strings, winds, or percussion are used. Barron started first studio for electronic music.

Popol Vuh

Created music for aguirre

Recitatives

Dialog melodies

High Noon:

Dimitri Tiomkin introduced a major innovation to film music with his use of country and western song in his landmark score. Clash against good and evil.

Ben-Hur

Directed by William Wyler

Otto Preminger

Director of Laura

Mike Nichols

Director of the Graduate, nominated for 7 Oscars and winning best director. Incorporated simon and Garfunkel music into movie,

Steven Speilburg:

Empire of the sun

New Wave Cinmea

French Films of this movement had an enormous impact on filmmaking around the world.

Vagelis:

Greek composer achieved both critical and popular success with his synthesized scores to chariots of fire and blade runner.

Giorgio Moroder

He incorporated both modernistic and dissonance, for tension and the expression of anguish , and popular melodies into midnight express.

Georges Delerue:

Leading composer in the new wave cinema, He was numero one frech film composer who would become active in both france and the united states

New German Cinema

Led by three directors Werner Herzog, Ranier Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders

Avant-garde

Louis and Bebe Barron created an all electronic score for fobben planet

Ray, Nicholas

Made Rebel without a cause. Ray attacks the essence of 1950s values. Underlying its weakness, such a neglect, ineffectual parenting, and sexual repression

Modal

Melodies that are based off an old scale patterns that formed the basis of western music before the seventeen century.

Elevator to the Gallows

Miles Davis did the music for this film. French film

Simon and Garfunkel:

Music played in the graduate movie.

Anonio Vivaldi:

Music used in Karmer vs. Kamer a d ordinary people

Gyorgy Ligeti:

Musician whose music was illegally used in A space odyssey.

Bernstein, Lenard

One of the great figures of American Music. His popularity made him follow three different paths of being a concert pianist, conductor, and composer. He wrote the original film socre for On the Waterfront, which is one of America great crime movies.

Isaac Hayes

One of the most dominate African American keyboard and soul singer player.. did music for shaft

Anatomy of a murder:

Otto Preminger wanted to incorporate jazz into this film. He hired duke Ellington to compose the entire score.

An American in Paris

Score by George Gershwin. Became only the second musical to win an Academy Award for best picture.

Spagjetti western:

Set in America west, these films enjoyed considerable commercial success. They often include amerign American star along with Italian actors

Phyco:

Shot in all black and white. Directed by Already Hitchcock

Blackboard Jungle

The rock phenomenon was fueled and propelled when it appeared in this movie and shot up to the top of the charts.

John Addison

Tom Jones

The Best year of our lives

War movie about veteran returning home. Most commercially successful movie since Gone with the Wind.

Parallel Harmonies:

Which retain the same pitch relationships from chord to chord and lack any sense of harmonic progression.

Dave Grusin:

Won Oscar for The Milagro Beanfield

James horner:

Worked with director Jerry Goldsmith on Star Stek Entireprise. Did score for next wo star trek films in seris after first

Krautrock:

a progressive rock movement in Germany that incorpertaes electronic music and more speciafally with ambient music.

Marvin Hamlisch:

adapted Koplins rags for the film sting

undes Martenot

an electronic instrument; a plucked string instrument from the zither family, and an Arabian hand drum. Creates two distinct melodies

Mellotron

called a choir organ. Combines moog synthesizer with that of a variant of the melltron. Creates a haunting tone qulatiy that is effective for film

Bill Conti:

composed music for Rocky. Mixed bass fanfare, the principle love song,and rock.

Per Nogard:

composed score fo BaBette Feast.

Harold Fatermeyer

created bevilhills sound tract. Created music for top gun with Gergeoe Moroder

Lalo Schifrin:

created music for dirty harry. His most enduring melody is mission impossible.

Ragtime

dance in style called ragtime. The music for this film is drawn from Scott kiplin piano rags, Joplin is an African americaan barroom pianist who rose to prominence in 1890s. These energetic syncopated rhythms of these rags gave American popular music its defining characteristics

John Carpenter

directed Halloween. Composed a number of synthesized cues that are used in film

Stanley Kubrick

directed Spartacus and the musical score composed by Alex North. Also firected a space odyssey.

Carmine Coppola

directors father created the music for the trilogy

Alex north

employ jazz effectively in A Streetcar Named Desire

Milos Forman:

filmed Amadeus director

Cinerama

is a process requiring three cameras, three projectors, and a large curved screen.

Film Noir

is a significant movement in American history. Can designate noth a style of film making and a film genre. Style: film noir is d popular music dark and pessimistic. Or a sub category of crime.

Monty Norman

is credited as the composer of Dr. No( James Bong). John Berry is attributed to music as well,

Miklos Rosza

is leading composure for film noir

Theremin

its wavering sound mimics a human voice, and it was eventually assimilated into scores for science fiction movies.

CinemaScope

only Required a single camera. 20th century fox introduced this system with the 1953 religious epic robes and soon other studios adopted other names

Around the world in 80 days

shot in color with TODD-AO and recorded with stereophonic sound. Movie take you around the world with a film score that matches the ethicist. Music by victor young

A cappella:

that is without instruments, a common sound associated with the renaissance.

Copland, Aaron

the best year of our lives

Hugo Friedhofer

the music for the best year of our lives is by him

House Un-American Activities Committee

was investing links to the communist party

Don Ellis:

who is known for his compositions and performances in the avant-garde jazz and fusion(mixing jazz and rock) movements, created his own score for his own ensemble. Don Ellis orchestra


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