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Quizizz Soundtracks II - Score A film music documentary

Quizizz Soundtracks II - Score A film music documentary

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8th Grade

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15 Slides • 50 Questions

1

​SOUNDTRACKS HISTORY

Music and composers.

2

​SILENT MOVIES AND FIRST SOUNDTRACKS

First music in films and first composers.

3

Multiple Choice

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Which one was the most important theater organ used for silent cinema?

1

Korg

2

Hammond

3

Mellotron

4

Wurlitzer

5

Roland

4

Multiple Choice

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When did the Lumiere brothers perform their first cinema show?

1

1915

2

1895

3

1903

4

1910

5

1892

5

Multiple Choice

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How do you say the important musical resource of slowing down and speeding up the sentence of the music in an expressive way?

1

Diminuendo

2

Accellerando

3

Decrescendo

4

Rallentando

5

Rubato

6

Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of the soundtrack for “King Kong” in 1933?

1

Bernard Herrmann

2

Elmer Bernstein

3

Max Steiner

4

Miklos Rozsa

5

Alfred Newman

7

Multiple Choice

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What was the first sound film?

1

The jazz singer

2

Gone with the wind

3

The adventures of Robin Hood

4

King Kong

5

Love is a many-splendored thing

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​SOUNDTRACKS IN THE 30s and 40s

Max Steiner, Erich Korngold Alfred Newman.​

10

Multiple Choice

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Who was one of the first composers to use a theme and change it in an impressive way?

1

John Williams

2

Ennio Morricone

3

Beethoven

4

Henry Mancini

5

Wagner

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Multiple Choice

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When was "Gone with the wind" released?

1

1935

2

1942

3

1975

4

1939

5

1953

12

Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of the soundtrack for “The adventures of Robin Hood”?

1

Charlie Chaplin

2

Max Steiner

3

Alfred Newman

4

Erich Korngold

5

Alan Crosland

13

Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of the very famous Fox logo?

1

Alfred Newman

2

Max Steiner

3

Bernard Herrmann

4

Miklos Rozsa

5

Elmer Bernstein

14

Multiple Choice

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What is the name of the famous song included in "Casablanca"?

1

Gone with the wind

2

As time goes by

3

You must remember this

4

A kiss is still a kiss

5

Leitmotiv

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Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” soundtracks?

1

Ennio Morricone

2

Howard Shore

3

Henry Mancini

4

John Williams

5

Max Steiner

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Multiple Choice

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What is the original name of the film "La colina del adiós"?

1

Love is a many-splendored thing

2

Love is a very-splendored thing

3

Love is a many-fantastic thing

4

Love is a very-wonderful thing

5

Love is a great-splendored thing

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18

​NEW STYLES IN THE 50s AND 60s

Introducing new music from jazz, band and other different styles.

19

​THE PINK PANTHER

HENRY MANCINI​

Pay attention and answer the questions about the video

20

Multiple Choice

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What is the type of saxophone that plays the leitmotiv most of times?

1

Soprano

2

Alto

3

Tenor

4

Baritone

21

Multiple Choice

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What unpitched percussion instrument can you watch in the ensemble?

1

Bass drum

2

Triangle

3

Xylophone

4

Vibraphone

5

Tubular bells

22

Multiple Choice

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What is the woodwind musical instrument that plays the main melody for the last time?

1

Transverse flute

2

Oboe

3

Clarinet

4

Bassoon

5

English horn

23

Multiple Choice

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What is the name of the technique that is used playing the contrabass?

1

Staccato

2

Legato

3

Col legno

4

Pizzicato

5

Sul ponticello

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Multiple Choice

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What pitched percussion instrument can you watch in the ensemble?

1

Tambourine

2

Kettledrums

3

Xylophone

4

Vibraphone

5

Tubular bells

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​MOON RIVER

HENRY MANCINI​

Pay attention and answer the questions about the video

27

Multiple Choice

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What is the woodwind musical instrument that plays the main melody just at the beginning of the song?

1

Clarinet

2

English horn

3

Transverse flute

4

Oboe

5

Bassoon

28

Multiple Choice

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What are the trombones using inside their bells?

1

Valves

2

Mutes

3

Reeds

4

Pedals

5

Mouthpieces

29

Multiple Choice

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What is the drum set player using to play the snare drum?

1

Brushes

2

Mallets

3

Sticks

4

Hammers

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Multiple Choice

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What pitched percussion instrument can you see playing at the end of the video?

1

Vibraphone

2

Kettledrums

3

Xylophone

4

Tubular bells

5

Glockenspiel

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32

​JAMES BOND FILMS

JOHN BARRY

Pay attention and answer the questions about the video

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Multiple Choice

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What is the unpitched percussion instrument that makes the rhythm at the beginning of “James Bond theme”?

1

Tambourine

2

Kettledrums

3

Snare drum

4

Bass drum

5

Xylophone

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Multiple Choice

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What musical instrument plays the first melody of “James Bond theme”?

1

Keyboard

2

Bass guitar

3

Trumpet

4

Electric guitar

5

French horn

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Multiple Choice

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What is the instrumental family that plays the second melody of “James Bond theme”?

1

String

2

Woodwind

3

Brass

4

Percussion

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Multiple Choice

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What is the unpitched percussion instrument that makes the rhythm in the second part of “James Bond theme”?

1

Tubular bells

2

Tambourine

3

Glockenspiel

4

Bongos

5

Congas

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Multiple Choice

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What is the percussion instrument that plays at the beginning of “Goldfinger”?

1

Vibraphone

2

Tubular bells

3

Xylophone

4

Kettledrums

5

Drum set

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Multiple Choice

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What is the instrumental family that plays the main melody of “Goldfinger”?

1

String

2

Woodwind

3

Brass

4

Percussion

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40

Multiple Choice

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Who was the film director that Bernard Herrmann worked for many times in suspense films?

1

Steven Spielberg

2

Tim Burton

3

Stanley Kubrick

4

Alfred Hitchcock

5

Orson Welles

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Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of The Magnificent Seven soundtrack?

1

Bernard Herrmann

2

Henry Mancini

3

Ennio Morricone

4

John Barry

5

Elmer Bernstein

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Multiple Choice

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Who was the main responsible for the band music style for the spies films as in Bond ones?

1

John Barry

2

Alex North

3

Ennio Morricone

4

Henry Mancini

5

John Williams

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Multiple Choice

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In what type of films did Ennio Morricone become very famous?

1

Spies

2

Terror

3

Drama

4

Westerns

5

Action

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Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Pink Panther soundtracks?

1

Elmer Bernstein

2

Henry Mancini

3

Alex North

4

John Barry

5

Bernard Herrmann

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Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of the soundtrack for “Psycho”?

1

Henry Mancini

2

Elmer Bernstein

3

Bernard Herrmann

4

John Barry

5

Maurice Jarre

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Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of the soundtrack for “A streetcar named desire”?

1

Bernard Herrmann

2

Ennio Morricone

3

John Barry

4

Alex North

5

Henry Mancini

47

​GREAT COMPOSERS DURING THE 70s

Pop, folk... and Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams.​

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Multiple Choice

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What film director has worked with John Williams many times?

1

Martin Scorsese

2

Woody Allen

3

Alfred Hitchcock

4

James Cameron

5

Steven Spielberg

49

Multiple Choice

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What is the soundtrack, by Tom Holkenborg, based on drums sounds

1

Mad Max: Fury

2

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

3

Mad Max 2

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Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of the soundtrack for “Planet of the Apes”?

1

Jerry Goldsmith

2

Nino Rota

3

John Williams

4

Maurice Jarre

5

John Barry

51

Multiple Choice

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What soundtrack by John Williams is based only on two musical notes?

1

Raiders of the Lost Ark

2

Star Wars

3

E.T.

4

Jaws

5

Superman

52

Multiple Choice

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What is the name of the ancient musical instrument called as a “dinosaur”?

1

Dulzaina

2

Vihuela

3

Psaltery

4

Crumhorn

5

Hurdy-gurdy

53

Multiple Choice

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In what soundtrack did Jerry Goldsmith use four pianos?

1

Star Trek

2

Alien

3

Planet of the Apes

4

Chinatown

5

Poltergeist

54

​THE 80S AND THE SYNTHESIZERS

Pop, folk... and Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams.​

55

Multiple Choice

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Whom did Danny Elfmann learn the rule: “There is only one rule: There are no rules”?

1

Alfred Newman

2

Ennio Morricone

3

Bernard Herrmann

4

John Williams

5

Max Steiner

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Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of “Batman” soundtrack?

1

Danny Elfmann

2

Jerry Goldsmith

3

Hans Zimmer

4

Thomas Newman

57

Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of “American beauty” and “Finding Nemo” soundtracks?

1

Jerry Goldsmith

2

Danny Elfmann

3

Hans Zimmer

4

Heitor Pereira

5

Thomas Newman

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Multiple Choice

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What famous composer of soundtracks did appear in “Video killed the radio star” videoclip?

1

Thomas Newman

2

Ennio Morricone

3

Danny Elfmann

4

Hans Zimmer

5

John Williams

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Multiple Choice

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Who was the composer of the soundtracks for “Gladiator” and “Pirates of the Caribbean”?

1

Thomas Newman

2

John Barry

3

Jerry Goldsmith

4

Howard Shore

5

Hans Zimmer

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Multiple Choice

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What composer is said to introduce “rock” styles in his soundtracks?

1

Hans Zimmer

2

Jerry Goldsmith

3

Bernard Herrmann

4

John Williams

5

Alfred Newman

61

Multiple Choice

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In what soundtrack did Hans Zimmer join the symphony sound with electronic music?

1

Pirates of the Caribbean

2

Gladiator

3

Inception

4

The Dark Knight

5

The Lion King

62

​NEW SOUNDTRACKS IN THE XXI CENTURY

The experimentation continues.​

63

Multiple Choice

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Who is the composer of the soundtrack for “Minions”?

1

Martinee Showing

2

Heitor Pereira

3

Danny Elfmann

4

Brian Tyler

5

Steve Jablonsky

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Multiple Choice

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What is the film whose soundtrack is composed by Brian Tyler?

1

Fast & Furious

2

Gladiator

3

American beauty

4

Minions

5

Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Multiple Choice

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Who is the composer of the “Avengers: Age of Ultron” soundtrack?

1

Martinee Showing

2

Heitor Pereira

3

Danny Elfmann

4

Brian Tyler

5

Steve Jablonsky

​SOUNDTRACKS HISTORY

Music and composers.

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