Film Music Questions! Trivia Quiz
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- 1.Who is the composer of the following film scores? Star Wars Indiana Jones Jaws Harry Potter
- A.
James Williams
- B.
Homer J Samson
- C.
John Williams
- D.
Hans Zimmer
- 2.A film composer does not usually start work on the score or music until the film is in its completed form.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Warner Brothers Films released the first talking film in
- 4.From the following which are the concepts of film music?
- A.
Evoking Time and Place.
- B.
Conveying a character or idea.
- C.
Expressing emotion.
- D.
Creating Mood or atmosphere.
- 5.Music serves to give
- A.
Continuity
- B.
Develop the action
- C.
Reinforce the emotions
- D.
Put people off
- 6.What musical direction would I be taking if I played Misterioso?
- A.
Sinister
- B.
Heroic
- C.
Despair
- D.
Dumb and Dumber
- E.
Superb
- 7.Works by Beethoven, Mozart, Grieg, Bach, Verdi, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner were used as accompanying music because
- A.
There were no good contemporary composers alive at the time.
- B.
All the great composers only wrote in Eb minor.
- C.
They were not protected by copyright.
- D.
Because old people hate rap music
- 8.A film usually starts with the title music. Why?
- A.
They have paid the most for the title music and want to get there moneys worth.
- B.
The composer would have gotten upset if it didn't.
- C.
It to get the attention of the viewer.
- 9.The first movies were silent films. There were no soundtracks – the actors mouthed words but no voices were heard and there was no background music. Movie houses hired pianists to play while the film was running to
- A.
Make use of the really expensive piano's
- B.
Take your attention away from really bad jokes.
- C.
Make you feel hungry.
- D.
Disguise the sound of the projector.
- 10.Adagio would be played in a chase scene true or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
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