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Music Section 4 Flashcards

1
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Did John Williams have a beard?

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yes

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What decade did new tone colors rise?

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1950s

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What decade did music trends shift to jazz, pop, and rock?

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1960s

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What decade did Large-Scale Symphonic film scores get “revived”

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1970s

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Who is often credited with reviving Large-Scale Symphonic film scores?

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John Williams

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What year was the first Star Wars movie released?

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1977

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Why is the first Star Wars movie now called Episode IV?

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Because after the original trilogy, George Lucas created 3 prequels

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How is the Star Wars music described in the resource guide?

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Swash-buckling

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Who performed the music for Star Wars

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London Symphony Orchestra

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How was the music for Star Wars designed

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To directly follow the film; parallels the action, increase tension, and creating subtext via lief motifs and stuff

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What score in Star Wars: A New Hope was not performed by the London Symphony Orchestra?

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Cantina Band

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How was “Cantina Band” portrayed in the film?

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It was played by aliens

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Does George Lucas have a beard?

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yes

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What movie was the most influential in the ’70s?

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Star Wars: A New Hope

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How much did Star Wars make through ticket sales?

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$250 M or $450 M or $775 M (The book says $250M, Business Insider says $450 M, and literally everywhere else says $775M)

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How much did Star Wars make because of merchandising?

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A Billion

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What was a Saturday Matinee Serial?

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A theatre would have an episode that kids would go to, and the episode would end in a cliffhanger, getting the kids to come back the next week

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How did Star Wars change the typical film formula?

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Star Wars used a Saturday Matinee Serial formula to structure the movie rather than traditional methods

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Who was one of the most popular Saturday Matinee Serial characters?

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Flash Gordon

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What years did Flash Gordon air in theaters?

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1936-1940

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What year was George Lucas Born?

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1944

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Does Chewbacca have a beard?

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Now, you pose an interesting question. Chewbacca is a Wookie, and his species is known to have hair all over their bodies. Since he is a humanoid, he has a face. Now a beard is a tuft of hair on the face, typically on the chin. To answer whether or not Chewbacca has a beard can be answered in two ways. Chewbacca does have hair on his face and chin, so we could say that he has a beard. Then again, other animals, such as the dog and cat and literally any animal covered in fur have a face covered in hair. Do they have a beard? Does the hair on their chin count as a beard? In a nutshell, this question has two answers. No and Yes.

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Has the Death Star ever attended a Star Wars convention?

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Yes

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What year was Star Wars inducted into the National Film Registry?

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1989

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25
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What is diegetic music?

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music that the characters in the movie can hear and plays a role in the action

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Why did David Lynch remove the Atreides warrior playing a baliset from most versions of the movie Dune?

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because he thought it distracted viewer’s from the narrative as too much of an emphasis was put on the score

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Steven Speilberg was a friend to George Lucas (director of Star Wars) and was in production with?

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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The Library of Congress included Star Wars in the first group of films to be inducted into?

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the National Film Registry

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In what subsection does the wah-wah trumpet effect that is in many jazz tunes of Star Wars, “Cantina Band” by John Williams?

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C

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What are two common purposes for music within a film score?

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relaxation and comedy

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What Benny Goodman piece did George Lucas play during the filming so the actors would have something to guide their motions?

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“Sing, Sing, Sing”

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32
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What instruments did John William’s nine musicians play to create “alien” effects for the “Cantina Band”?

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trumpet, saxophones, clarinet, a Fender Rhodes piano, a Caribbean steal drum, other percussion instruments with the the bass line being performed on an Arp synthesizer

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What does a ragtime style typically feature?

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many syncopated rhythmic patterns against a steady accompaniment

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The various melodies of Star Wars, “Cantina Band” can be grouped into an overall “song form” pattern of?

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A A B A

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What does a walking bass pattern mean?

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its pitches ascend or descend by step

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How can the “wah-wah” sound be produced?

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using the hand (or a plunger) to block and then unblock the bell to affect its tone color

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What 1995 anthology was created as a backstory for the cantina musicians of Listening Example 9: “Cantina Band”?

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Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina

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What was the title of the tune that constitutes Listening Example 9: “Cantina Band” of the Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina and was assigned by Daniel Keys Moran?

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“Mad About Me”

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What made Dolby Stereo/Sound better and different compared to other film equipment laboratories?

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avoided random “hissing sounds and enhanced its digital sound in an optical track

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How did the release of Star Wars into theaters help spread the demand and amount of the relatively inexpensive Dolby Stereo in theaters?

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people began to prefer the enhanced sound resulting from Dolby Labratories equipment being apart of the recording

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True or False? The A form of Star Wars, “Cantina Band” has subsections which ALL consist of 4 bars

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False. Subsections a & c use 4 bar while subsection b uses a 16 bar harmony

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What is the leitmotif that is first heard in Star Wars?

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“Main Title” or “Luke’s Theme”

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The upward leap of a fifth in the first two measures of “Main Title” of Star Wars reinforces what?

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the optimistic and heroic quality of the melody

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What is saturation scoring or wall-to-wall music?

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a film score in which music occurs [almost] continuously throughout the movie- this is used in Star Wars

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How does Star Wars open?

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with a view of the stars, then warfare

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To some participants of the Star Wars production was?

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confusing which is why many doubted the film would be a success

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In Star Wars where do aliens play the jazzy Listening Example 9: “Cantina Band”?

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in a cantina in Mos Eisley

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Who plays Luke Skywalker in Star Wars?

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Mark Hamill

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What is the versus-chorus of ZZ Top’s vocal version of Doubleback?

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ZZ Top’s vocal version of “Doubleback”—like many rock tunes—is in a verse-chorus form (a-B-a-B, etc.)

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How does WALL E begin?

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WALL*E (2008) begins with various galactic images

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How does WALL E beginning give a different feeling then its visual images would create?

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Although WALL*E (2008) also begins with various galactic images that could be awe-inspiring or frightening, the accompanying light-hearted vocal music conveys a very different message: “Out there, there’s a world outside of Yonkers . . . full of shine and full of sparkle,” sings Michael Crawford (b. 1942).

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How is WALL E loneliness intensified?

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After this opening sequence, the essential loneliness of little WALL*E is intensified by the bleak second cue: “2815 A.D.” (Listening Example 12).

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What was the first movie made entirely by computer-generated-
imagery?

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toy story

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Who is the director of Toy Story?

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John Lasseter

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How did John Lassester (director of Toy Story) became interested in computer generated imagery?

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He was introduced to the potential of CGI when
two buddies at Disney showed him an early version of
TRON’s light-cycle race.

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What questions did WALL E began with?

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“What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off, and he didn’t know he could stop doing what he’s doing? . . . What if the most human thing left in the universe was a machine?”

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What does the old fashion song playing at the beginning of WALL E represent?

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The past versus the future.

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What phrase begins the song “Put On Your Sunday Clothes”?

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“Out there . . .”

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Where did Readon (screenwriter of WALL E) suggest that WALL-E could have discovered his videotape?

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Reardon “suggested that WALL-E could have discovered the
song on a videotape, found in the trash.”

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What Academy award did WALL-E won?

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It won the Academy Award for “Best Animated Feature”

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When was WALL-E added to the National Film Registry?

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In 2021, it joined many of our previous films by being added to the National Film Registry

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What type of robot is WALL-E?

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He is a solitary “Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class” robot.

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What is WALL-E work?

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Toiling away in a trash-filled environment, building enormous skyscrapers out of the bricks of garbage that he compresses, hour after hour.

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What is the only living thing in planet earth (WALL-E)?

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A cockroach

65
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Where does the cockroach nickname HAL (from WALL-E) come from?

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The nickname “Hal” is in honor of a longtime Hollywood producer, Hal Roach.

66
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Who is EVE from WALL-E?

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EVE is a sleek, egg-shaped robot searching for plant life.

67
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What is the name of the starliner where EVE is going?

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A space probe arrives to take her back to a starliner called the Axiom, with WALL*E desperately clinging on all the while.

68
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Who wrote the score for WALL-E?

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Thomas Newman wrote the score for WALL*E.

69
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in Mars Attacks!, “Main Titles” what is happening in the opening seen (on screen)?

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Meteor explodes near Earth (as viewed from mars)

70
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what song is a great example of melismatic text-
setting.

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“Indian Love Call”

71
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what is poetry is most of the time preformed in?

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syllabic text-setting,

72
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syllabic text-setting is?

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one beat per syllable

73
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what inspired the thousands of saucers to be in “Mars Attacks!”?

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inspired by Topps Card No. 1

74
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who is the president of the USA in “Mars Attacks!”?

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President James Dale

75
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who wants to launch an attack on the aliens from mars?

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General Decker

76
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who in “Mars Attacks!” thinks that the discovery of aliens creates an amazing day for humanity?

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Professor Kessler

77
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how could the first lady Marsha Dale be described?

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single-minded

78
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what channel that interviewed Professor Kessler in Mars Attacks?

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MTV

79
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what branch of governments does Richie’s brother
Billy-Glenn enlist in?

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army

80
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what happens during 0:00 in Mars Attacks!, “Main Titles” in the music?

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Steady quadruple pulse in percussion; choral chords in minor mode

81
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what happens during 2:11 in Mars Attacks!, “Main Titles” in the music?

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Change to fast triple meter, fff

82
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what happens during 1:56 in Mars Attacks!, “Main Titles” in the music?

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Descending brass scale added

83
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where dose the screen cut to after playing the last long note in Mars Attacks! “main tittles”?

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to the white house

84
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what did Elfman say he listened to many times while working on Mars Attacks?

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The Day the Earth Stood Still

85
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what picture taken in 1952 led to the design of the spaceships on Mars attacks?

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UFO or flying saucer

86
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what did a member of the movie’s computer graphics team point out one aspect of the satire?

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“They are absolutely flying saucers: one saucer inverted over another with a teacup on top. They’re really beautiful and truly elegant.”

87
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who did Danny Elfman pay tribute to in the creation of the Mars Attacks score?

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older science-fiction films

88
Q

where did Elvis Presley (1935–77) make his stage debut?

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at one of Whitman’s shows and then toured as Whitman’s warm-up act for a time.

89
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how many years before “Indian Love Call” was used in Mars Attacks! since it was made?

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70 years

90
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Philip Hayward described the usage of “Indian Love Call” in Mars attacks! as?

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“soundclash of epic proportions”

91
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what happens during 2:09 in Inception, “Dream Is Collapsing” in the music?

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More voices added to braaams.

92
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what happens during 0:12 in Inception, “Dream Is Collapsing” in the music?

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Texture grows slightly busier; background strings play one pulse per beat.

93
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what happens during 0:35 in Inception, “Dream Is Collapsing” on the screen?

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Cobb leaps across table & shoots Arthur. While Cobb tries to fight his way out, Arthur wakes up & tries to keep Saito asleep in next layer of dream.

94
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Who directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind?

A

Steven Spielberg

95
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind was unable to beat out which movie in the box office?

A

Star Wars

96
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind has the most pivotal ______ role in any ________ film

A

Music, Spielberg

97
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In the early seventies, Columbia had amassed a debt of more than ___ million

A

220

98
Q

The primary creditor of Columbia in the seventies was ____

A

the First National Bank of Boston

99
Q

The notable exception to the B-list status of science fiction movies for a long time was ____

A

2001: A Space Odyssey

100
Q

UFO stands for ___

A

Unidentified Flying Object

101
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The original name for Close Encounters of the Third Kind was _____

A

Watch The Skies

102
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Spielberg took a small break from directing Watch The Skies to direct which major film?

A

Jaws

103
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Steven Spielberg famously was denied access to his own set when he forgot his ____

A

Security Badge

104
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind was later added to the Library of Congress’ ____

A

National Film Registry

105
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Spielberg ended up using over ______ times the budget

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Five times

106
Q

The location the aliens want to meet in Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the _____ in _______

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Devil’s Tower, Wyoming

107
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The scientists in Close Encounters of the Third Kind use a ______ system to communicate with the aliens

A

5-note

108
Q

The child that was Close Encounters of the Third Kind was named ____

A

Barry

109
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Which music educator used hand signals to teach children to sing more accurately?

A

Zoltán Kodály

110
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The song “Do-Re-Mi” was featured in which movie?

A

The Sound of Music

111
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What the French refer to as “solfege” and the Italians refer to as “solfeggio”, the English refer to as _____

A

Sol-fa

112
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The inventor of solfege hand signs was _____

A

John Curwen

113
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John Curwen was an English _____

A

Minister

114
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how does the score for double back begin

A

stamping of boot sets the beat

115
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how does the scene where double back is shown begins

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camera pans from the boot setting the beat to the band

116
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are there any images during the beginning of ET?

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No

117
Q

When was WALL-E made?

A

2008

118
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what is the first words in WALL-E?

A

Out there

119
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Who sings the opening to WALL-E

A

Michael Crawford

120
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When was Michael Crawford born

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1942

121
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How does Michael Crawford’s song get stopped?

A

WALL-E presses a stop button

122
Q

Where does WALL-E live?

A

In a junk filled wasteland of earth

123
Q

who are celebrated as the first moviemakers to use computer generated all film

A

Pixar

124
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When was Hello Dolly filmed

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1969

125
Q

who was Stanton’s partner?

A

Jim Reardon

126
Q

Who wrote a review for WALL-E

A

Todd McCarthy

127
Q

Who did Todd McCarthy write for?

A

Variety

128
Q

When was WALL-E nominated for best picture

A

2021

129
Q

Who composed listening companion 12?

A

Thomas Newman

130
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Which songs accrued a lot of attention in WALL-E?

A

The ones borrowed from Hello Dolly

131
Q

Who sang “Put On Your Sunday Clothes”

A

Michael Crawford

132
Q

Which song did they think would be nominated for best original song?

A

Down to earth

133
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How does 2815 AD begin?

A

Quiet synth tones rise and fall with a crescendo

134
Q

When was Inception released?

A

2010

135
Q

Who composed “Dream is Collapsing”?

A

Hans Zimmer

136
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“Dream is Collapsing” illustrates what technical technique

A

Minimalism

137
Q

Where was minimalism first introduced

A

“Outer Space” The Day the Earth Stood Still

138
Q

The “Riff” Suit uses

A

a simple progression of 4 chords

139
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What happens at 8:56 in Inception “Dream is Collapsing”

A

Mal shoots Arthur’s leg.

140
Q

The Boston Globe regarded 2001: A Space Odyssey a

A

as “the world’s most extraordinary film”

141
Q

In 2011 Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind became a part of the “” category

A

Best Sci-Fi film

142
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2001: A Space Oddessy is what number of “The 21st Century’s 100 Greatest Films,”

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No. 6

143
Q

Inception is ranked number _ of “The 21st Century’s 100 Greatest Films”

A

No. 51

144
Q

A teacher got her class to write complains to Topp’s to get more what type of material on the cards

A

“More Educational”

145
Q

What year were the Mars Attacks! cards reissued

A

1994

146
Q

Who directed Warner Bros. highest grossing film to date

A

Tim Burton

147
Q

What is Warner Bros. highest grossing film to date

A

Batman 1989

148
Q

Who was the screen writer for Mars Attacks!

A

Johnathan Gems

149
Q

What type of Animation did Burton originally want for Mars Attacks!

A

Stop Motion

150
Q

What type of Animation was used for Mars Attacks!

A

CGI

151
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What actor wanted to play all the roles in Mars Attacks

A

Jack Nicholson

152
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What two roles did Jack Nicholson play in Mars Attacks

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President and Casino owners Art Land

153
Q

Within the context of the 1924 operetta, “Indian Love Call” is meant to sound

A

Exotic

154
Q

What is Falsetto

A

a technique that shifts a male voice into an artificially high register

155
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“Indian Love Call” can be a lovely showcase for singers because of its frequent use of

A

melismatic text setting.

156
Q

Most of the time, poetry in songs is performed by means of

A

syllabic text setting

157
Q

music is “ ” in this science-fiction spoof.

A

weaponized

158
Q

Topps Card No. 11

A

Billy Glenn starts to fight back

159
Q

Topps Card No. 19

A

The other martians start blasting the crowd

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