film music final

operational aspects

• film scoring

• source music

• spotting session/who is present?

• mickey mousing

• temp track

• music cue

• stem

silent films 1895-1927

• edison —> kinetoscope/kinetophone

• georges melies

• nickelodeon

• why was WW1 important?

late 1920s to 1930s

• sound-on film/sound-on disc

• the jazz singer

• great depression

• busby berkely

• max steiner/king kong/leitmotif

• swashbucklers

• the production code

1940s

• impact of ww2

• theremin

• film noir

• impact of tv

• huac

1950s

• tv as a threat/hollywood fights back

• widescreens/aspect ratio/IMAX/cinerama

• musicals

• roadshow movies

• forbidden planet/louis and bebe barron/electronic tonalities

1960s

• studio system is around?

• movie attendance?

• university film programs / film related books + magazines

• psycho/bernard herrman

• singer-songwriters — the graduate / a hard days night

• ennio morricone

• MPAA rating system

• James Bond/John Barry

• 2001: a space odyssey / temp scores

1970s

• end of an era

• multiplexes

• new revenue channels / premium cable networks

• star wars / john williams

• williams and speilberg

• disco / saturday night fever

• franchise films

• the godfather / the sting / rocky

1980s

• marketing emphasis —> fast food/soft drinks/toys

• VCR/VHS

• newman dynasty

• synthetics (synthesizers) / chariots of fire

1990s and 2000s

• walt disney renaissance

• pixar

• indie films

• rachel portman and anne dudley

• titanic / james horner

• the lord of the rings / howard shore

• the social network / trent reznor / atticus ross

• digital technologies effect on filmmaking

film scoring

writing music for movie

source music

music coming from within world of movie

spotting session/who is present

• what part in movie has music

• when does music start stop

• director and composer

mickey mousing

a film technique that synchronizes music with the actions on screen

temp track

• music put in while making to get a feel

music cue

any piece of music in film

stem

individual components of a song

thomas edison

• kinetescope

• kinetophone

georges melies

• magician

• filmmaker

nickelodeons

an early type of movie theater that charged five cents for admission, typically set up in converted storefronts and showing short, silent films

why ww1 was important

sound-on film/sound-on disc

the jazz singer

1st feature film w/ spoken dialogue

great depression

• just came out of ww2, era of limited means but good films

  • busby berkley

busby berkely

had a significant impact on the musical film genre during the Great Depression

max steiner

• king kong

• leitmotif

leitmotif

a repeating melodic phrase in music that is used to represent a character, setting, emotion, or theme

swashbucklers

• korngold

• swordfighting/etc

• star wars

the production code

• hayes

• making films appropriate for each state

• or suitable for geographical area

impact of ww2

theremin

• played w/o touching it

• electronic thing played w hands

film noir

• black film

• urban setting/melancholy

impact of tv

huac

group that exposed communists (hollywood ten, ten people in hollywood that were communist DALTON TRUMBO)

aspect ratio and cinerama

• ratio of screen width and height, it allowed movie theatres to provide a more immersive experience for audiences

• wide screen scope

1950 musicals

• guys and dolls

• oklahoma

• an american in paris

• gigi

roadshow movies

• shows released in certain cities before everywhere else (ex. oklahoma)

• modern example

  • hateful 8

forbidden planet

• louis and bebe barron

• electronic tonalities

1960s studio system

doesn’t exist anymore

1960s movie attendence

• more tvs

• less ppl going to movies

1960s trends

• university film programs

• film related books and magazines

psycho

bernard herrman

1960s singer-songwriters

• the graduate

• a hard days night

ennio morricone

sphagetti westerns

MPAA rating system

• voluntary rating system

  • (G, M, R, X) FOUR!

james bond

john barry

2001: a space odyssey

temp score used in film

1970s end of an era

• bye old composers

• studios in financial peril

• auter filmmakers (directors have full creative freedom)

• franchise/blockbusters

• pay tv/ cable after theater release

• film music = popular culture

• musical diversity in film

multiplexes

multi screen venues

new in 1970s

• new revenue channels

• premium cable networds

star wars

john williams

john williams

steven speilberg

disco

saturday night fever

1970s

franchise films popular in

popular 70s films

• the godfather

• the sting

• rocky

first female composers

• rachel portman

• anne dudley

titanic

james horner

the lord of the rings

howard shore

the social network

• trent reznor

• atticus ross

john williams

• star wars

• harry potter

alexandre desplat

• last harry potter

micheal giacchino

• up

tan dun

crouching tiger, hidden dragon

ar rahman

slumdog millionaire

hans zimmer

• dune

• dunkirk

igor stravinski

• the firebird

• fantasia 2000

kate bush

• little shrew

• music put over father and daughter