MUSIC 2F03 Test 2

Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky

Leading European concert composers in the 1940s, considered “modernists”

3 film eras of the 1940s

Pre WWII, during WWII, post WWII

Aaron Copland

American concert composer that moved to film in the 1940s

Bernard Herrmann

Composer of Citizen Kane (1941)

The 6 perspective in Citizen Kane

Newsreel, Thatcher, Bernstein, Leland, Susan, Raymond

Rosebud

Kane’s childhood sled, represents innocence and happiness

Principle motives of Citizen Kane

Power, Rosebud

Rosebud leitmotif

Nearly identical rhythm to “power”, but opposite contour. Heard when presented with positive influences in Kane’s life (Susan, flashback scene of him with Rosebud”

Max Steiner

Composer of Casablanca (1943), King Kong, Gone With the Wind, and Don Juan

Herman Hupfeld

Wrote “As Time Goes By” - most important source music in Casablanca

“Knock on Wood”

Only newly composed song in Casablanca

“Blackmail”

Hitchcock movie that was filmed as a silent movie, and music was played using a live band

Propaganda

How the Soviet Union used films post WWII

Alexander Nevsky

Movie about a Russian leader that defeated Swedish and Germanic invasions, served as inspiration for the Soviet audience

Silvestre Revueltas

Prominent composer in Mexico post WWII, scored “La noche de los mayas”

Miklos Rozsa

Prominent composer in film noir

David Raksin

Composer of Laura (1944)

The Best Years of our Lives

Message movie about the difficulties faced by 3 veterans

Hugo Friedhofer

Scored The Best Years of our Lives, inspired by Copland

3 leitmotives of The Best Years of our Lives

“Best Years”, “Wilma”, “Neighbours”

Wilma

Homer’s wife

Fumio Hayasaka

Composer of Seven Samurai (1954)

Ravi Shankar

Composer for Pather Panchali (1947)

Luiz Forano Bonfa and Tom Jobim

Composers for Orfeu Negro

Anton Karas

Composer and zither player for The Third Man (1949)

Cinemascope

Lens series that projected on a screen with an image width 2.5x its height

1950s Hollywood trends

Religious epics, more adventurous musical styles, electro-acoustic music

Miklos Rozsa in 1950s

Composed for Ben-Hur

1940s Hollywood trends

Message movies, film noir

Popular music in 1950s films

Jazz, theme songs, rock and roll

Alex North

Composer for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Elmer Bernstein

Composer for The Man with the Golden Arm

Adolph Deutsch

Composer of Some Like it How (1959)

Marilyn Monroe

In Some Like it Hot - sang “Runnin’ Wild”, “I Wanna be Loved by You”, and “I’m Thru with Love”

Dmitri Tiomkin

Songwriter of “Do Not Forsake Me” for High Noon (1952)

Trends in the 1960s

New Wave films, dissolution of Hays code (more explicit movies), less music

Bernard Hermann in 1960s

Scored Psycho (1960)

Igor Stravinsky

Inspiration for Psycho’s score, esp “Dance of Adolescents” in the ballet Rite of Spring