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FFAR test 3
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
12/16/2012

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Miklos Rozsa
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Spellbound (1945)
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Bernard Herrman
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Citizen Kane (1941)
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Aaron Copland
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The Heiress (1949)
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Leonard Bernstein
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On the Waterfront (1954)
- was the youngest conductor of the NY Philharmonic, also first American-born
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Elmer Bernstein
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Ghostbusters (1984)
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Jerry Goldsmith
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The Planet of the Apes (1968)
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Vangelis
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Chariots of Fire (1981)
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James Horner
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
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Danny Elfman
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Beetlejuice (1988)
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Hans Zimmer
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Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
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Rachel Portman
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Emma (1996)
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John Corigliano
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The Red Violin (1999)
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Tan Dun
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
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Philip Glass
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The Hours (2002)
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Thomas Newman
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American Beauty (1999)
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Cinerama
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Widescreen format that offered the most advanced sound system, with seven-channel (five front, two rear) magnetic sound tracks; required specifically equipped theaters and high-trained projectionalists
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Vistavision
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Widescreen format whose aspect ratio eventually became a standard; its sound was recorded on an optical track
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Underscore
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Nondiegetic music. Synonym for "background music" (a term the textbook prefers not to use as it confuses the nondiegetic with background physical space in the image track)
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Soundtrack Album
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Music from a film released as a phonograph album on CD. In the 1960s, music from the films were often crafted as albums, with the theme extracted from the score, and then arranged as songs appropriate for play on commercial radio.
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Multiplex
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A type of theater that began rapidly appearing in the suburbs in the 1960s; the architecture was primarily utilitarian (the most prominent feature was generally the concession stand); it contained multiple auditoria and centralized projection booths
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Dolby
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In the 1970s, after releasing a noise reduction system for stereo magnetic tape, this company developed a similar system for the optical sound track to increase the frequency and dynamic range on the release print
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Cross-Marketing
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Selling products ancillary to a film - and, especially since the 60s, designing film soundtracks for the purpose of promoting recordings
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Dialogue Replacement
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(automated dialogue replacement, APR) the rerecording of dialogue to an existing segment of film
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THX
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A theater certification standard developed for Lucasfilm. It is a technical standard that ensures that all certified theaters sound the same
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Foley Effects Artists
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Someone primarily responsible for non-speech sounds made by the human characters of a film
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Dolby Digital
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A format of digital sound recording in which the original 5.1 (from 1992) carried six channels - left, center, right, two surround channels, and a separate channel for low frequencies
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Frequency Masking
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When two sounds close in frequency, occur at the same time, the louder sound with cover the softer sound
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Music Preparation
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Refers to the various activities that entail creation, organization, and adjustment of the notated music performed during a recording session
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Pre-dubbing
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This means the composer has already laid down several audio tracks with digital sampling synthesizers, the live musicians are then recorded along with the pre-dubs
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Rerecording Mix Session
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The final dubbing session which combines dialogue, sound effect, and music tracks as three engineers mix them onto the final soundtrack
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Alexander Nevsky
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Composer: Sergei Profokiev
Shows the invasion of Novgorod by the Teutonic Knights of the Roman Empire and their defeat - promotes the strength of Russia
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
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Composer: Bernard Herrman
- Uses Theramins (instrument) in the soundtrack,film focused on anti-war
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West Side Story (Mambo song)
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Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Based off of Romeo and Juliette
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West Side Story (Tonight Ensemble)
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Composer: Leonard Berstein
Based off of Romeo and Juliette
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders March)
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Composer: John Williams
Made from Indiana Jones' theme and Marion's theme and their love together. Williams also revived the full symphonic score.
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Meet Me in St. Louis (Opening scene)
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Composer: Roger Edens
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The Sound of Music (title sequence)
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Composer: Rogers and Hammerstein II
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Out of Africa (prologue/title sequence)
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Composer: John Barry
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The Sound of Music (Laendler scene)
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Composer: Rogers and Hammerstein II
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Gone With the Wind (Montage sequence)
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Composer: Max Steiner
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Matrix (Trinity in a Jam)
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Composer: Don Davis
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John Cage Jr.
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Was responsible for the creation of live electronic music, Cartridge Music, done by using other objects on phonograph cartridges
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Once Upon a Time in the West
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Director: Sergio Leone
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Genre: Spaghetti Westerns
- Composed his music thematically with the film,
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