New Hollywood and Film Music History Practice Practice Exam Flashcards

Comprehensive practice questions covering New Hollywood, major composers from Morricone to Zimmer, and the evolution of film soundtracks through the 1990s.

When did the New Hollywood (American New Wave) period occur?

Late 1960s to mid 1970s

Which artists provided the music for the film The Graduate (1967)?

Simon and Garfunkel, including the songs "Mrs. Robinson" and "The Sound of Silence"

Which rock band provided the song “Born to be Wild'“ for the movie Easy Rider?

Steppenwolf

Movie: Alice’s Restaurant - singer:?

Arlo Guthrie

Movie: Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid - Singer: ?

B.J. Thomas

What were the movies in ‘the dollar trilogy?"‘

The dollar trilogy consists of the movies "A Fistful of Dollars," "For a Few Dollars More," and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," all directed by Sergio Leone and featuring Clint Eastwood.

Which Akira Kurosawa film served as the basis for Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964)?

Yojimbo (1961)

Who composed the highlight piece during the final showdown of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)?

Ennio Morricone

What was the name of the experimental group of composers Ennio Morricone belong to that defied film music norms?

Il Gruppo

What other movies did Ennio Morricone compose for?

The Exorcist, The Mission, Cinema Paradiso

What were some other spaghetti western composers?

Luis Bacalov - Django

Bruno Nicolai - Run Man Run

Franco Micalizzi - Trinity

Who directed The Godfather series?

Francis Ford Coppola

Who composed the recognizable theme "Speak Softly Love" for the Godfather series?

Nino Rota

Which soundtrack garnered Nino Rota the only Oscar of his career?

Godfather II (1974)

Which work of Nino Rota scored a #1 hit single on Billboard?

Romeo and Juliet

Who scored the David Lean films Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, and A Passage to India?

Maurice Jarre

Who composed popular pop theme song for The Thomas Crown Affair?

Michel Legrand

Who scored for Love Story, one of the biggest screen-sellers and a rare film-turned-novel?

Francis Lai

Who scored for A Little Romance, mixing light jazz and Baroque chamber music (as well as Diane Lane’s film debut)?

George Delerue

Lalo Schifrin's score for Dirty Harry (1971) is considered an early example of what genre?

acid jazz

Who scored for Last Tango in Paris, known for its melancholy yet suspenseful orchestration?

Gato Barbieri

Which film music by Jerry Goldsmith is famous for its use of haunting, hypnotic trumpets?

Chinatown (1974)

Who scored for The Spook Who Sat by the Door, which was also one of the major blaxploitation films of the period?

Herbie Hancock

What was the first Blaxploitation film of its kind, directed by Melvin Van Peebles?

Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song (1971)

Who was the first black musician to win an Oscar, and for which film?

Issac Hayes for Shaft (1971)

Which 1973 film by Jimmy Cliff is credited with bringing reggae to the world?

The Harder They Come

Who scored for The Last Picture Show, a coming of age drama with 50’s country music?

Peter Bogdanovich

What were the other nostalgic hits in New Hollywood?

George Lucas - American Graffiti

Martin Scorsese - Mean Streets

Jonathon Demme - Crazy Mama

What film is generally regarded as the first high-concept summer blockbuster?

Jaws (1975)

Who directed Jaws and who scored it?

Steven Spielberg, John Williams

How many Oscar nominations does John Williams have?

54

Which Spielberg films did John Williams NOT score?

Color Purple, Bridge of Spies, Ready Player One and West Side Story

Which Spielberg films did John Williams win an Oscar for?

Jaws, E.T., Schindler’s List

What was his first Oscar win for?

Fiddler on the Roof

Which orchestra performed the Star Wars film score?

London Symphony Orchestra

What was the second highest grossing film of 1977 and marked the beginning of the disco era?

Saturday Night Fever

Which soundtrack was the first to win the Grammy Album of the Year, and who produced the music?

Saturday Night Fever, Robert Stigwood

What movie was the first soundtrack album to win Grammy Album of the Year?

Saturday Night Fever

Who performed the Bee Gees song written for the film Grease (1978)?

Frankie Valli

Who is known as the "Queen of Disco" following the film Thank God It’s Friday (1978)?

Donna Summer

The 1970s Oscar-winning songs and female domination

Barbra Streisand - 2 Oscar winning themes for The Way We Were and A Star is Born

Maureen McGovern - themes for The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno

Kacey Cisyk - You Light up my Life, cover version hit #1 for 10 weeks

Jennifer Warnes - sang theme for Norma Rae, won Best Actress

Who sang the song ‘The End’ for Apocalypse Now, and who directed the movie?

The Doors, directed by Francis Copolla

Who received the Academy Award for the original song "Fame" for the 1980 film Fame?

Michael Gore

Which 2 film music producers collaborated for Flashdance?

Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer

Who produced and supervised the entire OST for Flashdance (1983)?

Giorgio Moroder

Which 3 movies did Giorgio Moroder receive Oscars for?

Midnight Express, Flashdance, Top Gun

Which actor's debut was featured in the 1984 film Footloose?

Kevin Bacon

Which two film soundtrack albums were diamond-selling albums? (over 10mil copies sold)

Footloose, Dirty Dancing

Who performed the #1 song from Dirty Dancing?

Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

Who were some actor-turned-singers of the 1980s?

Patrick Swayze - sang for Dirty Dancing

Eddie Murphy - most commercially successful black actor in the 1980s

Bruce Willis - had multi-album contract with Motown Records

Rick Springfield - won Grammy for chart-topping 80’s favourite “Jessie’s Girl'“

Who won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Moonstruck (1988) and was the oldest woman to hit #1 on Billboard?

Cher

Which group of eight young actors appeared in socially apathetic, teen-oriented 1980s films?

The Brat Pack

Which brat pack film starred a young Robert Downey Jr.?

Less Than Zero, with film score by Bangles

Which two films were hits for director John Hughes and actress Molly Ringwald?

Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink

Who was the arranger for the iconic main theme of James Bond?

John Barry

Who is the only artist from a non-English speaking country to record a James Bond title song?

A-Ha for "Living Daylights"

Who recorded the universal work-out song "Eye of the Tiger" for Rocky III?

Survivor

Who composed the leitmotif theme for the Beverly Hills Cop series?

Harold Faltermeyer

Bruckheimer and Simpson (worked on Flashdance) collaborated again for which film series?

Beverly Hills Cop

Who composed the film score for the Back to the Future trilogy?

Alan Silvestri

Stevie Wonder won the Academy award over his student Ray Parker Jr. for which song and movie?

The Woman in Red - “I Just Called to Say I Love You”

What is the best-selling soundtrack of all-time?

The Bodyguard (1992)

Synth-driven instrumental themes

Vangelis - Chariot of Fire

Tangerine Dream - Thief (inspired music for Stranger Things)

Jan Hammer - Miami Vice (last #1 instrumental song until 2013)

Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks

How many Oscars did the Disney Renaissance earn in film music between 1989 and 1999?

$$11$$

Which band and what movie broke Elvis Presley’s record for most weeks spent at #1?

Boyz II Men - Boomerang

Who composed all the Disney songs from The Little Mermaid to Tarzan?

Alan Menker

(Samuel E. Wright - Little Mermaid

Peabo Bryson and Celine Dion - Beauty and the Beast

Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle - Aladdin

Vanessa Williams - Pocahontas)

Who composed the score for The Lion King (1994) and who wrote the original song, both winning Oscars?

Hans Zimmer and Elton John

Which Nine Inch Nails member won Oscars for The Social Network and Soul?

Trent Reznor

Who portrayed Ray Charles in the 2004 biopic Ray?

Jamie Foxx

Who portrayed Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose?

Marion Cotillard

Who were the other multiple Oscar-winning composers in Best Score?

Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings trilogy

Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain, Babel

Alexandre Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water

Ludwig Goransson - 3 time winner in film score, recently in Sinners

Hans Zimmer was a member of which British new wave band known for "Video Killed the Radio Star"?

The Buggles