Film Music - Quiz 9

1990s

Sinead O’Conner “Nothing Compares 2 u”

1990

#1 world single at it’s first Billboard Music Awards

Written by Prince

1990s

Franchise Films/Blockbusters

More and more films open to strong weekends, but might fade fast

Multiplexes give way to megaplexes (food courts/video arcades)

Fewer theaters but more screens

Growing importance of foreign markets

Impact of digital technology (art animation & editing)

VHS was replaced by DVD

Impact of the internet

Lucasfilms’ Pixar

Steve Jobs in 1986 for $10M

1990 Distribution deal with Disney

Disney aquires pixar in 2006 for $7.4B

AFI Poll 2005

Zero movies from the 1990s

Titanic 1997

James Horner

Original Dramatic Score

Original Song “ My Heart Will Go On Forever”

American Beauty 1999

Thomas Newman

Original Score Academy nomination

Road to Perdition 2002

Thomas Newman

Jurassic Park 1993

Steven Spielberg

John Williams

Schindler’s List 1993

Steven Spielberg

John Williams

Academy Award for Original Score

Emma 1996

Rachel Portman

Academy Award for Musical or Comedy Score

Scent of a Woman 1996

Thomas Newman

Tango Scene

Virtual Insanity

Jamiroquai

1997 MTV Video of the Year

Rudy 1993

Jerry Goldsmith