General Music Ch. 16

Yo-Yo Ma is a Chinese American violinist.

A perforated strip along the film's edge containing coded representations of the sound.

Which movie has original disco songs that became hits?

What is another word for "character themes"?

The process of making a film begins as soon as the cameras start rolling

What was the first movie to use a live orchestra?

The sharing of another person's feeling or emotions.

Who is credited with creating movies?

Putting all the elements of sound (dialogue, sound effectsm and music) onto one soundtrack

German composer who wrote music for The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Lion King.

Which composer also released an album as a jazz pianist?

An outline of the movie for the musician.

American composer who wrote music for Back to the Future, The Avengers, Forrest Gump, and The Polar Express.

To determine which scenes should have music.

Swedish composer who wrote music for Black Panther, Creed, and The Mandalorian.

A composer can win an Oscar.

Most film score composers can play mulitple instruments.

The professional responsible for selecting, commissioning, and/or writing the music track for a film.

The specific music for a particular scene in a film or television production.

American composer that wrote music for Jaws, Home Alone, ET, and Harry Potter.

Birth of a Nation was a movie from the early 1900's that used an orchestra and glorified racism.

The vitaphone was an projector attached to a piano that automatically played music with early movies.

Melodies associated with a particular character that recur throughout the film.

John Williams served in the armed forces.

A series of clicks that allow the conductor to synchronize the orchestra's playing to the film.

Hans Zimmer wrote the Olympic Fanfare.

Composing music expressly for a film.

What was one of the first movies that actually had a plot?

The film Amadues features classical music and and has a plot telling the story of Beethoven.

To suggest actions or events before they happen.

A repeated musical phrase.

What was the first "talking" film?

What weird instrument was used in the score of The Mandalorian?