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Section III: Building From the Familiar Flashcards

1
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When did Vaudeville entertainment flourish?

A

the late 1800s to the early 1900s

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Where did Vaudeville entertainers get their musical accompaniment?

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from musicians at each theater

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How would musicians know when to play music?

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they would receive cue sheets that tell them when to play

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Which French composer wrote music for The Assassination of the Duke of Guise and the Carnival of Animals?

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Camille Saint-Saens

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How many instruments did Saens need in her orchestra for Vaudeville performances?

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12 instruments

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Who wrote the first original orchestral film score?

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Victor Herbert

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How did the movie The Fall of a Nation do?

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it did really bad and was forgotten for a long time

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When was the film score for The Fall of a Nation rerecorded?

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1987

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Where was the film score for The Fall of a Nation rediscovered?

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the Library of Congress

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10
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Who directed Metropolis?

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Fritz Lang

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Which year was Metropolis set in?

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2026

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How many male extras had a role in Metropolis?

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26,000

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13
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How many main actors had a role in Metropolis?

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8

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How many female extras had a role in Metropolis?

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11,000

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15
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How many children had roles in Metropolis?

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750

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16
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Where did Metropolis have its premiere?

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Berlin, Germany

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17
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When did Metropolis have its premiere?

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January 10, 1927

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18
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How long was Metropolis?

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150 minutes

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19
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What are intertitles or title cards?

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text put into films, mainly used in silent films to give information on what is happening

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Who created the film score for Metropolis?

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Gottfried Huppertz

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21
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When are most film scores written?

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post-production

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22
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How many cues did Metropolis have?

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1027

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23
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How many musicians performed the Metropolis score on the night of the premiere?

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75

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24
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When was the Romantic period?

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most of the 19th century

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What is a fermata?

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a sustaining of a note until the director stops and goes on

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26
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tremolos comes from the Italian word that means what?

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tremble

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27
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What did Giorgio try to do with Metropolis in 1984?

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he made a version that turned it into a rock and roll musical

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28
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How long was Giorgio’s “Morodernized” version of Metropolis?

This is not mispelled

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82 minutes long

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29
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The False Maria robot in Metropolis likely inspired which other character’s designs?

A

C-3PO in Star Wars

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30
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How many musicians were in the largest motion-picture theater in New York?

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45

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31
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What percent of theaters didn’t have orchestras?

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98%

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32
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Who would play the accompaniment if there wasn’t an orchestra?

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a sole pianist or organist

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How did Huppertz ensure that the listening experience would be almost identical at every theater?

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he started recording the music so it would sound the same everywhere

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34
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Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey?

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Stanley Kubrick

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35
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What inspired Kubrick to make the Space movie?

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Arthur Clarke’s The Sentinel

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36
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What type of computer operates the spacecraft in the Space movie?

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a HAL 9000

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36
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When did the Library of Congress add the Space movie to the National Film Registry?

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1991

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36
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How many movies are added each year to the National Film Registry?

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25 per year

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36
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When was The Sentinel released?

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1951

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36
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How many movies were in the National Film Registry by the end of 2021?

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825

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36
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Who made the film score for the Space movie?

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Richard Strauss

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37
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After North’s music was rejected for the Space movie, what other movies did he use it for?

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The Shoes of the Fisherman and Dragonslayer

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37
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When was the National Film Registry started?

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1988

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37
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When was The Shoes of the Fisherman released?

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1968

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38
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When was Dragonslayer released?

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1981

39
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When was North’s score for the Space movie released commercially?

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1993

40
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Who directed and produced E.T.?

A

Steven Spielberg

41
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How long was E.T. the highest-grossing film?

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11 years

42
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When was E.T. released?

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1982

43
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When was E.T. added to the National Film Registry?

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1994

44
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What movie surpassed E.T.?

A

Jurassic Park

45
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When was Jurassic Park released?

A

1993

46
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Who directed Jurassic Park?

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Steven Spielberg

47
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Who discovers ET in the movie E.T.?

A

Elliot

48
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During Halloween in E.T., what did Elliot disguise ET as?

A

a ghost

49
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Who wrote the score for E.T.?

A

John Williams

50
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What special award did the film score for E.T. receive?

A

an Oscar

51
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Who wrote Romantic Symphony?

A

Howard Hanson

52
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When was Romantic Symphony released?

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1930

53
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Which woodwind instrument did Williams emphasize more than the other woodwinds?

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the piccolo

54
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What is a celesta?

A

a small, bell-like instrument

55
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Which century did the use of leitmotifs go out of fashion?

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twentieth century

56
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How does a harp play a glissando?

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by strumming up and down the strings

57
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How many copies of the film album for E.T. were sold that same year?

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500k

58
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What did E.T. rely on for coherence?

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leitmotifs

59
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What is a tritone?

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an interval made of 2 notes that are 3 whole steps apart

60
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What is a major tritone progression?

A

a gesture based on harmonies rather than melodies, commonly found in Romantic-era films

61
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Who made the score for Dune?

A

Toto

62
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Where can most of the features of Toto’s Dune score be found?

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the first 2 cues, Prologue and Main Title

63
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End title music is performed when?

A

the closing credits

64
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When is Main Title music performed?

A

during the opening credit information

65
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When was The Day the Earth Stood Still released?

A

1951

66
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Who made the film score for The Day the Earth Stood Still?

A

Bernard Herrmann

67
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On October 30, 1938, what did people think when they turned to the radio station?

A

they thought there was an alien invasion

68
Q

When was Citizen Cane released?

A

1941

69
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Herrmann was nominated for an Oscar, but didn’t win. Who did he lose to?

A

he lost to himself for the music for The Devil and Daniel Webster

70
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How much did the flying saucer used in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still cost?

A

$100,000

71
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What was the circumference of the flying saucer in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still?

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350 feet

72
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What did the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still depict aliens as?

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nice, rational, and peaceful extraterrestrial beings that didn’t pose a threat to humans

73
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What what did aliens traditionally look like in when the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still was made?

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bug-eyed monster or BEMs

74
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What was the intent for most science fiction films in the mid-twentieth century?

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to terrify audiences

75
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What did The Day the Earth Stood Still win a Golden Globe award for?

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it won the award for promoting international understanding

76
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What did Director Robert Wise tell Herrmann to do with the film score?

A

he told him to “do something special”

77
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what electronic instruments were used in Herrmann’s score for The Day the Earth Stood Still?

A

an electric violin, electric cello, electric bass, electric guitar, and a theremin

78
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What did Herrmann jokingly say about the amount of electric instruments used in the film score for The Day the Earth Stood Still on FOX studios?

A

“the only thing we didn’t have is an electric hot water bottle”

79
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What category of instruments that were commonly used in sci-fi films wasn’t used in the film score for The Day the Earth Stood Still?

A

woodwinds weren’t used

80
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What kind of organs were used in the film score for The Day the Earth Stood till?

A

Hammond organs

81
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What had the theremin been advertised as?

A

“music from the ether”

82
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How many cues for the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still used the theremin?

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24 cues

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A
84
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What is a segue?

A

a cue that tells musicians to move to the next section without a pause

85
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What is the first cue for The Day the Earth Stood Still called?

A

Prelude

86
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How long is the cue Prelude in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still?

A

under 7 seconds long

87
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What is a cymbal roll?

A

where a cymbal is played like a drum with 2 mallets beating it very fast

88
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How does Herrmann create contrast for the cue Prelude using the cymbal roll?

A

he has 2 play the cymbal roll with tympani mallets and 2 with triangle beaters

89
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What are triangle beaters?

A

small metal sticks used to play the triangle

90
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What are tympani mallets like?

A

fairly large mallets with large, soft heads, used to play the tympani

91
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What approach did Herrmann use for the cue Outer Space in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still?

A

minimalism

92
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What is minimalism?

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a style that takes a small amount of material and maximizes it to its highest potential

93
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Fill in the blank: “Herrmann was the greatest ________ writer ever.”

A

ostinato

94
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Who said that Herrmann was the best ostinato writer ever?

A

Elmer Bernstein

95
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When was Forbidden Planet released?

A

1956

96
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What was unique about the film score for Forbidden Planet

A

it was all electronic

97
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Was Forbidden Planet a B-movie?

A

no, it was too sophisticated, and lots of money was poured into it

98
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What is a B-movie?

A

a low-budget movie that was intended to follow a better-funded movie

99
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Which year was TRON released?

A

1982

100
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What company made TRON?

A

Disney

101
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What aspects of film-making processes does TRON combine?

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CGI, live-action filming, and hand-drawn animation

102
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What movies/stories are compared to the story of TRON

A

Alice in wonderland and The Wizard of Oz

103
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What is the storyline of TRON?

A

Where a real-world character enters a strange place

104
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What is the main TRON theme labeled as?

A

“Anthem”

105
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The cue “Creation of TRON” is very brief and includes which 3 timbres?

A

synthesizer, orchestra, and a choir

Fine Arts Pentathlon 23-24 (6 decks)

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