Music Appreciation Final

Which instrument was important for hip-hop music in the early 1980s?

Roland TR-808

What was the name of the technology that made synchronizing film and recorded sound much easier (hint: it was first used with the film The Jazz Singer)?

Vitaphone

Where did the Tango originate?

Argentina

What is the name of the musical device frequently used by John Williams, in which a melody becomes associated with a particular character, idea, or event in a movie?

Leitmotif

Hans Zimmer is typically associated with which of the following compositional methods?

Composing using computer software

What term best describes the music for Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

Avant-garde

Which term refers to music that occurs within the world of the film?

diegetic

Which term refers to all of the sounds that accompany a film?

Soundtrack

Who composed “Libertango”?

Astor Piazzolla

Games for which popular console used both synthesis and sampling to create complex, polyphonic music?

Super NES

John Williams is usually associated with composing music for film through which method?

Traditional musical notation

Which term refers to music that occurs outside the world of the film?

Non-diegetic

Modern rap sometimes uses ____________________ as an artistic device, a software program first developed in the 1990s.

auto-tune

Which of the following is not a primary characteristic of most dance music?

Minor keys

How might the music of the final scene of King Kong affect the viewer’s interpretation of that scene?

It casts the ending as tragic rather than triuphant

The use of _________________ in hip hop has recently sparked debate about artistic integrity and copyright laws. This was discussed in class in relation to Drake's 2024 song "Taylor Made."

artificial intelligence

Who performed “The Message”?

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Who wrote the music for King Kong?

Max Steiner

What term refers to when non-diegetic music mirrors the onscreen actions of a character?

Mickey-Mousing

Which term refers to a specific rhythm associated with a specific style of dance music?

Characteristic rhythm

Silent films were usually accompanied by what type of music?

live music played on a keyboard instrument

Gustavo Dudamel is a famous ______________________.

conductor

Who composed “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”?

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

John Williams often drew on which of the following influences in composing his film scores?

nineteenth-century classical music

Early video game music created by 8-bit computer chips is called: 

chiptune

Who sang the song “Blue Skies” in The Jazz Singer?

Al Jolson

Ludwig Göransson wrote the music for which of the following films?

Oppenheimer

What important innovation is Grandmaster Flash credited with?

Using turntables as musical instruments

Who wrote the music for the Star Wars films?

John Williams

What is true of The Jazz Singer?

It was the first feature length sound film

According to our class discussion, what is the main goal of the “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” tableaux?

It allows the prima ballerina to show her skill

Which term refers to the practice of using parts of preexisting songs as the foundation for hip-hop beats?

sampling

Regarding mambo west side story, who conducted it?

Dudamel

Regarding mambo west side story, who composed it?

Bernstein

A strange answer that is on one of the questions

Turntablism

“Blue Skies”

from The Jazz Singer, performed by AI Jolson in 1920s

What scene did we watch of King Kong, and who is the music by?

The final scene, Max Steiner in 1930s

“Star Wars: main Theme”

John Williams in 1970s

“Libertango”

Astor Piazzolla

“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”

from the Nutcracker, Pytor Tchaikovsky

“Mambo”

From West Side Story, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel

“I”

Performed by Kendrick Lamar on SNL

“The Message”

by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 1980s

“Overworld Theme”

From Super Mario Brothers (NES) BY Koji Kondo in 1980s