Sound Effects and Movie Music Vocabulary

3. the purpose of the movie’s background music is to enhance the audience’s emotions or ____.
7. a sound technician who creates sound effects for movies, TV shows, and other media.
8. a sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a play, movie, or other production.
10. a person who writes music as an occupation.
12. the movie composer who wrote the scores for The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, and many other movies.
14. the full collection of all sound involved in a movie, including dialogue, score and songs, and sound + sound effects.

1. this type of soundtrack can include all the music from a movie, or just some, and may include the music that inspired the movie or music inspired by the movie. These albums can be purchased by the public.
2. the composer who wrote the scores for Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Men in Black, and many other movies.
4. when sound effects are added to a movie or television show.
5. a technician who uses a computer to record and manipulate custom sound effects for movies and TV shows.
6. the movie composer who wrote the scores for Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, and many other movies.
7. the most common sound effect added to movies.
9. the instrumental music that is original to a movie and was written specifically for the movie it is in.
11. an annual award given for excellence in the film industry, including one for Best Original Score.
13. an area of a movie studio designed with the acoustic properties suitable for the recording of sound.