MUSIC 004 Lesson 10&11 Quiz Answers (Penn State University)
MUSIC 004 Lesson 10&11 Quiz (Penn State University)
Which label best describes the style of film music popularized by John Williams?
Using the notation we learned in the course, what do we call the following form? A B A
Which theme in The Empire Strikes Back was inspired by GustavHolst and his 1916 orchestral work, The Planets?
In The Empire Strikes Back, we hear this theme just before Yoda's identity is revealed to Luke:
In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke is hanging upside down in the Wampa's cave, about to become a meal for the Wampa. After two failed attempts to reach his light saber, Luke succeeds on his third attempt. What theme do we hear as he begins to draw the saber toward his hand?
In the scene in which Luke frees himself from captivity in the Wampa's cave, several aspects work
together masterfully to create a highly believable scene. Which aspect, though, is particularly effective here?
The enduring appeal of Star Wars can be attributed to many things. Which of the following have we suggested is the strongest factor?
Earlier in Star Wars, while Luke is still living at home on Tatooine, we see the striking vista of a sky
with two suns, and we join Luke as he watches this twin sunset. What theme accompanies this remarkable moment in perhaps its most lush and Romantic setting?
These two themes underwent a progression from Star Wars to the Empire Strikes Back, taking clearer shape and becoming better defined as leitmotifs:
In The Empire Strikes Back, in the scene where Luke fails to levitate the sunken spacecraft, Yoda succeeds in raising it. What theme do we hear as we see Yoda do this?
For which one of the following films did John Williams NOT win an Oscar:
Which style of film music is characterized by "wall-to-wall" music?
The author of the Harry Potter book series is:
True or False? The title music in the film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, not only introduces a potent new theme, but it also serves to cover a temporal ellipsis of more than ten years.
In the first twelve minutes of the film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which theme/motive is most consistently associated with the owls?
In the film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the diegetic music of what instrument is heard in the room guarded by Fluffy?
The three-volume novel, The Lord of the Rings, was written by whom?
The composer of the original score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy was:
The montage sequence in the setup of the film, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, spans approximately how many years?
In our examination of The Lord of the Rings, we have implied that nondiegetic sound effects function most similarly to which:
