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. The 1933 film King Kong was the first film to be released with a full musical score, which was written by:

Margaret Mitchell correct incorrect

Max Steiner correct incorrect

Maurice Ravel correct incorrect

Bernard Hermann correct incorrect

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. When characters in a movie walk into a bar or dance hall where music is playing, the music is commonly known as:

Scenic correct incorrect

Source music correct incorrect

Ancillary correct incorrect

Underscoring correct incorrect

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. Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "Famous film score composer John Williams, who wrote the music for blockbusters like Jurassic Park, the Indiana Jones series, and Jaws, has a strong relationship with filmmaker Stanley Kubrick."

The statement is true. correct incorrect

The statement is false because this description is of the career of Henry Mancini, not John Williams. correct incorrect

The statement is false because John Williams did not write the score for Jurassic Park or Jaws. correct incorrect

The statement is false because John Williams's important relationship is with Steven Spielberg, not Stanley Kubrick. correct incorrect

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. The music in films since the 1970s can best be described as ___, with lush harmonies and memorable melodies; these films often juxtapose classical music with ___.

impressionistic / folk hymns correct incorrect

Neo-Baroque / jazz correct incorrect

Neo-Romantic / older pop songs correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which statement about the typical process of creating film music is NOT true?

The composer can either insert existing music or write new music for various scenes. correct incorrect

The composer and director decide where the music should be subordinate to the dialogue and where it should be more prominent. correct incorrect

Typically, the composer watches the already-made movie and then works on the score in conjunction with the director and producer. correct incorrect

Most directors require composers to write all new music for their films, rather than use existing songs or pieces. correct incorrect

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. The first motion picture with sound was ___, starring Al Jolson-its soundtrack included ___.

The Jazz Singer / both music and speech correct incorrect

Hamlet / speech only, the music was still performed live correct incorrect

Singin' in the Rain / music only, the speech was still displayed via title screens correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a similarity between ballet and film music?

In both cases, the music is written before the narrative. correct incorrect

In neither genre is it considered appropriate for composers to 'quote' other pieces of music. correct incorrect

Film composers will sometimes create concert versions of popular soundtracks similar to the 'ballet suites' prepared by composers of ballet. correct incorrect

There are no appreciable similarities between the two genres of music. correct incorrect

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. The selection from Pirates of the Caribbean includes a driving rhythmic idea, a technique that is commonly known as:

the underscoring correct incorrect

an ostinato correct incorrect

a leitmotif correct incorrect

the exposition correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT one of the great art composers who wrote music for movies in the years following World War II?

Malcolm Arnold correct incorrect

Aaron Copland correct incorrect

Charles Ives correct incorrect

Ralph Vaughan-Williams correct incorrect

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. Which statement about the music to the famous shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho is NOT true?

In the final section, the violins play a stabbing, screamlike motif. correct incorrect

The music is in eight major sections. correct incorrect

The second section is slow and contrasts extremely high violin parts with very low bass sounds. correct incorrect

The third section opens with trills and dynamic swells that sound bee-like. correct incorrect

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. John Williams revived the use of the ___ in film to musically identify characters or other elements of the narrative, an important compositional element borrowed from the tradition of the ___.

leitmotif / opera correct incorrect

ritornello / concerto correct incorrect

suites / ballet correct incorrect

counterpoint / symphony correct incorrect

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. Which statement about film music in the 1960s is NOT true?

Movie theme songs often became popular tunes. correct incorrect

The 1960s saw a return to the continuous use of musical underscoring in films. correct incorrect

Most movie music in the 1960s was written originally for the films. correct incorrect

None of the above. correct incorrect

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. What type of music was used to accompany the first films, often called "Silent Films"?

A recording of a Verdi opera correct incorrect

Live instrumental performance correct incorrect

Audience interaction in the form of choral music correct incorrect

None, the first movies were truly "silent" correct incorrect

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. What is the term for music in a film that is less prominent and essentially exists to support the action and dialogue?

Interscoring correct incorrect

Diagetic music correct incorrect

Underscoring correct incorrect

Supertitles correct incorrect

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. Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "The 'Tara Theme' from Gone with the Wind (score by Max Steiner), which uses a wide intervallic leap as an expressive device, is used in a variety of ways throughout the piece to depict a wide range of emotions."

The statement is true. correct incorrect

The statement is false because this theme is from The Jazz Singer, not Gone with the Wind. correct incorrect

The statement is false because the theme uses primarily small intervals, not a wide leap. correct incorrect

The statement is false because the theme is consistently used to depict nostalgia, not any other emotional state. correct incorrect