Film Music

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Original music written specifically to accompany the film.

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Score

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Contains songs independent from the film itself, that weren’t made for the movie.

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Soundtrack

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Uplifting anthems were written for these people.

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Heroes

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Fast tempo music was written for these types of scenes.

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Chase scenes

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Slow and somber music was written for these types of scenes.

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Sad scenes

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This instrument accompanied silent films.

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Piano

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Who developed five ways the score serves the screen?

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Aaron Copland 

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A melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation. Sort of like a “theme song” for a person, place, thing, or idea.

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Leitmotif

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Relying on an audience's previous knowledge to make connection to another source (past movie, image, music, historical event etc.).

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Referencing

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Visual technique where characters are moving with the beats of the music.

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Mickey Mousing