WorksheetsFilm Score Quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Where did John Williams study composition?
Julliard School of Music
New York University
University of California
Stanford
The FIRST live music played to accompany a “silent film” was performed by which instruments?
Full orchestra
Piano or Organ
Violin or Cello
Guitar
What are melodies associated with a particular character that recur throughout the film?
Character Themes
Character Fugues
Character Canons
Character Melodies
In 2009, John Williams composed and arranged a song for the inauguration ceremony of which US President?
Donald Trump
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
What is the difference between “underscore” music and “source music?
"Source" is recorded; "underscore" is played live
"Source" can be heard by the film characters; "Underscore" cannot
"Underscore" is recorded; "Source is played live
"Underscore" can be heard by the film characters; "Source" cannot
The specific music for a particular moment or scene in television or film is called what?
Cue
Theme
Motif
Melody
Where did John Williams study piano?
New York University
Julliard School of Music
University of California
Samford
Who invented the Kinetoscope?
Thomas Edison
Alexander Bell
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
What was the difference in the music played from “cue sheets” and a true “film score”?
"Cue Sheets" were written for piano; "Film Scores" are written for Guitar
"Film Scores" are edited; "Cue Sheets" were recorded live
"Cue Sheets" were written for specific films; "Film Scores" were written per scene type
"Cue Sheets" were written per scene type; "Film Scores" are written for specific films
In 1915, “Birth of a Nation” was the first film to us a live __________________ as accompaniment.
String Quartet
Brass Ensemble
Orchestra
Piano or Organ
The first successful attempt at synchronized sound was accomplished through a phonographic machine called what?
Vitaphone
Phonograph
Microphone
Betaphone
What was the name of the first talking film in 1927?
Singing in the Rain
Make 'em Laugh
The Jazz Singer
California Dew
John Williams scored many films for which famous film director?
Stephen Spielberg
Alfred Hitchcock
JJ Abrams
Kirk Cameron
