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History of Music in Movies. Silent Movies . Live music, played on organ or piano Reasons for music: Helped hold movie together Added sound effects Covered up projector noise Improvised by performer Early 1900s: cue sheets sent with film 1920s: movies have their own score.
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Silent Movies • Live music, played on organ or piano • Reasons for music: • Helped hold movie together • Added sound effects • Covered up projector noise • Improvised by performer • Early 1900s: cue sheets sent with film • 1920s: movies have their own score
Movies with Sound • First “Talkie” 1927: The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson • Early on, music only what happened in story • 1930s: technology allows separate sound tape to be added to film strip
The Soundtrack • Studios create music departments • Composers borrow from Romantic and Classical periods • Low budget films re-use scores (stopped in 1944)
Theme Scores: Basing the film’s music on a main title melody or song 1952: High Noon (Tiomkin) Pop Scores: Adding pop or rock music to a film 1955: Blackboard Jungle (Rock Around the Clock) Types of Scores
Compilation Scores: Using a combination of pre-existing popular music 1969: Easy Rider Temp-Tracks: Using existing Classical/Romantic music with a rough cut of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey Types of Scores
John Williams (1932- ) • Born in NYC • Started piano lessons at age 8 • Served in Air Force-arranged music for service bands • Studied at Julliard and UCLA • Started as studio pianist
John Williams • First movie score: 1960: Checkmate • Other scores: Star Wars, Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Home Alone, Indiana Jones, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, Hook
John Williams • 1980-1993: Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra • Also writes concert works (Soundings for the new Disney Concert Hall in L.A.)
Richard Wagner’s Opera: • Gesamtkunstwerk: complete work of art • Unending Melody • Large Orchestra • Large orchestra used • Action on stage is mirrored by music • Leitmotifs • A short musical phrase used to represent a character or action
Wagner Used in Star Wars: • Gesamtkunstwerk: visual & music elements work together • Unending Melody: Nearly 2 hours of music in a 2 hour movie • Large Orchestra: Full orchestra used, action matched by music • Leitmotifs: different characters have different melodies
Guess That Leitmotif!! D. Yoda The Force Han & Leia Luke Leia C. Darth Vader
The Good Guys Han Solo & his co-pilot, Chewbacca The Droids: R2-D2 (the short one) & C3PO (the tall one) Yoda, a Jdi Master Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia & Han Solo, the heroes Lando Calrissian, friend of Han, govenor of Cloud City Obi-Won Kenobi (aka Ben) Jedi master
The Bad Guys Darth Vader, Sith Lord (bad Jedi) The Emperor, ruler of the Empire & Sith Lord (bad Jedi) Stormtroopers, the Empire’s Henchmen Boba Fett, bounty hunter in search of Han Solo
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