Film Music Crossword

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  1. 1. Which director famously rejected Alex North's score for 2001: A Space Odyssey in favor of a temp track?
  2. 4. Which Romantic opera composer pioneered the leitmotif to help audiences track characters in long operas?
  3. 5. Which composer pioneered the use of the leitmotif in film music with his 1933 score for King Kong?
  4. 7. What is the term for a piece of music that is about something or tells a specific story?
  5. 10. Whose 5th Symphony features a famous 4-note motive representing fate knocking on the door to transition from feelings of hopelessness to triumph?
  6. 13. Which composer wrote four violin concertos that each depict one of the four seasons?
  7. 14. Who composed The Erlking, a lied telling the story of a father rushing his dying son through the woods?
  8. 17. What is the term for taking a composer's written music and arranging it for an orchestra or ensemble to play?
  9. 20. Which German composer is famous for blending orchestral and electronic music in scores like The Lion King and Inception?
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  1. 2. Which composer and director introduced electronic music to film scoring with his 1973 score for Dark Star?
  2. 3. Film music originally began as a way to drown out the noise of what machinery while films were showing?
  3. 6. Who composed The Hebrides Overture to paint a musical picture of a cave in Scotland?
  4. 8. Who composed the iconic horror score for the 1960 film Psycho?
  5. 9. What is the term for the process where a director and composer meet to discuss what kind of music is needed and where it should go?
  6. 11. What process, named after a pioneer at Universal Studios, involves adding everyday sounds like breaking glass or footsteps to a film?
  7. 12. Which Romantic period composer originated the term "programme music"?
  8. 15. What music genre did Alex North introduce to film scoring in the 1951 movie A Streetcar Named Desire?
  9. 16. Which Canadian composer created the musical identity of Middle-earth for The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
  10. 18. What is the process where a composer translates timing requirements into exact speeds or tempos to match film scenes?
  11. 19. What musical concept, built from motives, links to the film as a whole rather than a single specific character?