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Chinatown

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  • 1974
  • starring jack Nicholson
  • score by Jerry Goldsmith
  • “main title” lyrical trumpet melody, harp, piano
  • sounds scary almost and then trumpet begins
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Interview with Jerry goldsmith

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  • wrote the score in 10 days

- music enhances the emotional reaction of a film

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Brian’s Song

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  • 1971
  • television film about football players Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers
  • score by Henry Mancini
  • “Brian’s song” performed by Doc Severinsen (trumpet) and Henry Mancini (piano)
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Clockwork Orange

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  • 1971
  • directed by Stanley Kubrick
  • arrangement of classical music by Wendy Carlos
  • Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy” performed on a Moog synthesizer
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Main title of clockwork orange

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  • Purcell - funeral of queen Mary quotes “Dies Irae” chant melody
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Barry London

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  • 1975
  • period drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick
  • temp track score featuring classical and Irish folk music
  • “women of Ireland” performed by the Chieftans
  • hear Irish fiddle & bagpipes
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The duel: Barry Lyndon vs. captain Quin

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  • Score by Handel- Sarabande
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John Williams

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  • born 1932
  • American film composer, pianist, and conductor
  • trained at UCLA and julliard
  • collaborated with directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas
  • now-romantic style, orchestral scores, leitmotif technique
  • Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, Catch Me if You Can
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Jaws

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  • 1975
  • directed by Steven Spielberg
  • score by John Williams
  • “Jaws” leitmotif two note ostinato
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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  • 1977
  • science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg
  • score by John Williams
  • “wild signals” five note melody (re-mi-do-do-sol)
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Star Wars: A New Hope

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  • 1977
  • science fiction/ fantasy film directed by George Lucas
  • score by John Williams
  • “Main Title/ Rebel Blockade Runner” introduces leitmotifs for Luke Skywalker, Rebels
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Star Wars: princess Leila’s Theme

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  • introduced by French horn
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The Dune Sea of Tatooine

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  • adapted from Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (1913)

- Part II introduction

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Superman

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  • 1978
  • superhero film starring Christopher Reeve
  • score by John Williams
  • “main title” features a brass fanfare (reminiscent of King’s row) and a lyrical theme played by strings
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Saturday Night Fever

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  • 1977
  • staring John Travolta
  • Bee Gees “staying alive”
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Jesus Christ Superstar

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  • 1973
  • rock opera starring Carl Anderson (Judas) and Ted Neeley (Jesus)
  • music by Andrew Lloyd Weber
  • lyrics by Tim Rice
  • “overture” cross motive
  • “Heaven on their Minds” (5:44) electric guitar riff (interlude in 7/8)
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The Sting

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  • 1973
  • caper film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford
  • score by Marvin Hamlish
  • arrangements of Ragtime piano music by Scott Joplin- Solace (1909)
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Johnny get the girl (movie scene)

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  • Scott Joplin - solace (1909)

- scene from The Sting

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Rocky

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  • 1976
  • boxing film starring Sylvester Stallone
  • score by Bill Conti
  • “Gonna fly now” brass, rhythm section, and choir
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The Godfather

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  • 1972
  • crime drama based on novel by Mario Puzo
  • directed by Francis Ford Coppola (fresh air interview)
  • score by Nino Rota
  • starring Marlon Brando (Vio Corleone)
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Apocalypse Now

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  • 1979
  • Vietnam War film directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  • adaption if Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
  • Richard Wagner’s “Ride Of Valkyries” as source Music
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The 1980s

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  • president Ronald Reagan 1981-1989
  • end of the Soviet Union
  • Roland 808 drum machine, MIDI
  • MTV, new wave, hip hop, video games
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Harold Faltermeyer (b.1952)

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  • German film composer
  • 1980s synthpop scores
  • Fletch Top Gun “Axl F” from Beverly Hills Cop
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Top Gun

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  • 1986
  • action film starring Tom Cruise (Maverick)
  • “Top GuN Anthem” by Harold Faltermeyer featuring Steve Stevens (electric guitar)
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
- 1980 - second Star Wars film, story by George Lucas - score by John Williams - “Imperial March” Darth Vader’s leitmotif, introduced by low brass and percussion
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Yodas Theme (song)
- 1980s | - introduced by low brass and strings
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones)
- 1981 - action/adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg - score by John Williams - “Raiders March” leitmotifs • Indiana Jones 1 • Indiana Jones 2 • Marion Ravenwood
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E.T
- science fiction Directed by Steven Spielberg - score by John Williams - “Flying Theme” large orchestra, fast triple meter - 1982
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Empire of the Sun
- 1987 - WWII film directed by Steven Spielberg - score by John Williams - “Suo Gan” welsh lullaby for boys choir and organ - boy played by Christian Bale
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“Cadillac of the Skies” scene
- orchestra and wordless choir | - score by John Williams
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Schindler’s List
- 1993 - directed by Steven Spielberg - score by John Williams - violinist solo: Itzhak Perlman - strings and woodwinds in a low minor
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Saving Private Ryan
- 1998 - directed by Steven Spielberg - score by John Williams - “Hymn to the Fallen” wordless choir, brass
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The Shining
- 1980 - horror film directed by Stanley Krubric - score by Wendy Carlos, with excerpts of 20th century classical music - “main title” Dies Irae chant melody played by synthesizer
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Garden scene (the shining)
- Bella Bartok (Music of the scene) - music for strings, percussion, and Celesta - 3rd movement (1936)
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Ran
- 1985 - epic Samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa - score by Toru Takemitsu - “Main Title” chromatic melody, dissonant, harmony
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Vangelis (b. 1943)
- Greek film composer - electronic music - Cosmos, Blade Runner, 1492 - Academy Award for Chariots of Fire
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Chariots of Fire
- 1981 - film about two English runners - score by Vangelis - “Main Theme” synthesizer which delay effect and piano
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The Mission
- 1986 - historical epic starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons - score by Ennio Morricone - “Gabriel’s Oboe” oboe, harpsichord and strings
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James Horner
- American film composer, trained at USC and UCLA - orchestral scores and original songs - Celtic musical influences: Star Trek II, Braveheart, Titanic - collaborated with director James Cameron: Titanic, Avatar
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Glory
- 1989 - civil war film about first African American regiment - score by James Horner - featuring the Boys Choir of Harlem - main title “A cAll to Arms” (Trumpet then to whole choir)
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Titanic
- 1997 - directed by James Cameron - Music and lyrics by James Horner - “ My Heart Will Go On” performed by Celine Dion, features Celtic flute
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Alan Menken
- American musical theater and film composer - studied music at NYU and BMI Musical Theater Workshop - animated films of the “Disney Renaissance” including: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Tangled - won 8 academy awards
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The Little Mermaid
- 1989 - adapted from a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson - Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman - “ Power of Your World” power ballad featuring Jodi Benson (Ariel)
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Lea Salonga
- filipina singer - created the role of Kim in the Broadway musical Miss Saigon - provided the voices for two Disney Princesses: Jasmine and Mulan - “Sun and Moon” Love Dyer from Miss Saigon
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Aladdin
- 1992 - music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Tim Rice - “A whole new world” love duet featuring Lea Salonga (Jasmine) and Brad Kane (Aladdin) - Academy award for best original song
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Tangled
- 2010 - adaption if the fairy tale Rapunzel - music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glen Slate - “I See the Lights” love duet featuring acoustic guitar
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Rachel Portman
- English film composer - composed and orchestrates at the piano - Emma, Chocolat, The Cider House Rules - Won an academy award for Emma (1996)
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Chocolat
- 2000 - romantic comedy starring Johnny Depp - score by Rachel Portman - “main title” strings, piano, and flute
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Danny Elfman
- American film and television composer - lead singer of the rock band Oingo Boingi - scored films by director Tim Burton: Pee Wees BigAdventure, Batman (1989), The Nightmare Before Christmas - composed the Simpson’s theme song
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
- created by Tim Burton - stop motion animation - score and songs by Danny Elfman - “Jacks Lement”
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Howard Shore
- Canadian Film composer - scored the Lord of the Rings films directed by Peter Jackson - orchestral scores that utilize the leitmotif technique - “Concerning Hobbits” the Shire leitmotif, quotes hymn “This is my Fathers World”
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The Lord Of The Rings
- directed by Peter Jackson - score by Howard Shore - “A Knife in the Dark” The Wringraiths leitmotif, quotes the dies irae chant melody
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Terrence Blanchard
- jazz trumpeter, played in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers - scored many films by Spike Lee - inside man (2006) “357” inspired by blaxploitation soundtracks - “Smarter than you”
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Hanz zimmer
- Member of the Buggles, keyboard player - 1st music video on MTV - video killed the radio star - combines synthesizers, drum machines, orchestras - over 150 film scores - Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception,
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Inception
- stars Leonardo DiCaprio - score by Hanz Zimmer - “TIme” lydian scale with a raised 4th scale degree - based on 8 note sequence - ostenato sequence
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Star Wars the force awakens
- score by John Williams - directed by JJ Abrams - kilo ren the villian - motif played by brass instruments and low strings - 2015 film - Richard Vagner

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