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1
Who composed the music for Star Wars?
A)John Corigliano.
B)James Horners.
C)Camille Saint-Saëns.
D)John Williams.
2
Why were film-specific scores rare in the early 20th century?
A)Because film composers used their film music as concert works.
B)Because it was too difficult to coordinate the score and the film.
C)Because the quality of the musicians hired to play the music was erratic.
D)Because it was expensive to hire a composer to score the film, and expensive for theaters to rent scores and hire musicians to play them.
3
Which of the following reasons did not contribute to the use of synthesized and computer generated film music?
A)Synthesizers and computerized sound makers could imitate orchestral instruments.
B)A single composer with a synthesizer could produce an entire soundtrack and consequently save the studio a great deal of money.
C)Younger movie audiences could not relate to orchestral music.
D)Synthesizers and computerized sound makers could generate ideal sound effects.
4
Who composed the music for the film Altered States?
A)John Williams.
B)John Corigliano.
C)James Horner.
D)Bernard Herrmann.
5
Which movie was the first to include both spoken dialogue and a song?
A)The Jazz Singer.
B)King Kong.
C)The Gold Rush.
D)Gone With the Wind.
6
At the end of the nineteenth century, live music was played during the projection of films primarily to
A)Enhance the drama of the films.
B)Drown out the sound of the projector.
C)Avoid paying fees for previously recorded music.
D)Cue the audience as to how they should feel about what they were seeing on screen.
7
How did the musical themes in the original Star Wars film mimic Richard Wagner's compositional style?
A)The themes were written for a specific theater space.
B)The themes all derived from one overarching main theme.
C)Each main character is assigned his or her own musical theme.
D)Both composers use the twelve-tone style of composition.
8
How was the music for the film Citizen Kane different than all movies before it?
A)The composer added to the dark character of the movie by using more dissonance than had been common in past movie scores.
B)The composer added to the grandiose character of the movie by using a larger orchestra than had been common in past movie scores.
C)The music is credited with making the movie a big success and saving RKO studio from going broke.
D)The music was entirely in the minor mode.
9
Who scored the films Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, and Titanic?
A)Bernard Herrmann.
B)James Horner.
C)Giorgio Moroder.
D)Philip Glass.
10
What did the Vitaphone system do?
A)It rotated musicians through the various studios so that they were always working.
B)It prolonged the era of silent movies.
C)It allowed early moviegoers to hear the soundtrack better through speakers built into each theater seat.
D)It allowed music recorded on phonograph records to be played simultaneously with the film.





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