WorksheetsBernard Hermann - Howard Goodall Documentary
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of these films did Bernard Hermann NOT compose for?
CItizen Kane
The Millionaire Man
Vertigo
Taxi Driver
Which type of film did he NOT compose for.
Thriller
Science Fiction
Musical
Action
Bernard Hermann grew up in which city?
(a)
What was the first film Hermann worked on in Hollywood?
(a)
What technique did Hermann learn from American composer Charles Ives early in his career?
Musical mayhem
Musical mosaic
Musical chaos
Musical collage
How did Hermann create an impossible violin solo for 'The Devil and Daniel Webster'
Over dubbing
Cut and paste
Speeding up the recording
Which recording technique allowed Hermann to combine orchestral instruments in a different way to the concert hall?
Overdubbing
Close-mic-ing
Filter
Which virtual insrument, invented in Russia in 1917, was used in The Day the Earth Stood Still?
Sampler
Synthesiser
Theramin
Which film director did Hermann work most famously with?
(a)
What did Hermann's film scores need to do for Hitchock's film?
Reflect the inner turmoil of the characters
Provide relentless sentimentality
Provide 'mickey-mousing' that refectes the action on screen
How did Hermann create an edgy new string sound?
Playing on the bridge
Playing very fast
Playing with no vibrato
Name one of the instruments used innovatively in 'Vertigo'
(a)
Which technique mimics Scottie's vertigo?
Contrary Motion
Rising sequence
Chromatic movement
Falling sequence
What year was Psycho released?
(a)
Which section of the orchestra is the only one used in Psycho?
Strings
Woodwind
Percussion
Brass
Which 2 techniques did that section use to create a different sound
Mutes
Sul ponticello
Double Stopping
No vibrato
What musical technique did Hermann use to match the fast pace and snappier cutting style of post-war film making?
Long melodies
Short motifs
Which interval, jarring and ugly, is used throughout.
Minor 6th
Major 6th
Minor7th
Major 7th
Which term means music played in the background of the dialogue or action on screen to establish a mood?
Mickey mousing
Underscoring
Leitmotif
Diegetic
Which composer wrote 'Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste' in 1936 and inspired Hermann to use limited fragments of musical ideas, transforming them to create a wide range of effects?
(a)
'Psycho' was a precursor to which classical music movement of the late 20th century?
Serialism
Postmodernism
Minimalism
Postminimalism
Which 20th century musical technique is used in the final scene to convey lack of emotion?
Serialism
Minimalism
Postmodernism
Post minimalism
