Composing during rehearsals

• Star Wars IV

• John Williams

A few film composers to begin with:

• John Barry (Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves)

• Elmer Bernstein (Magnificent Seven)• Bill Conti (Rocky)• Aaron Copland (The Red Pony)• Adolf Deutsch (Maltese Falcon)• George Dunning (Picnic)• Danny Elfman (Batman, Men in Black)• Philip Glass (Koyaanisqatsi)• Jerry Goldsmith (Chinatown)

• Bernard Herrmann (Vertigo)• James Horner (Beautiful Mind, Thunderheart)• Quincy Jones (In the Heat of the Night)• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Adventures of

Robin Hood)• Henry Mancini (Days of Wine and Roses)• Branford Marsalis (Mo' Better Blues)• Ennio Morricone (The Untouchables)

• Alex North (Spartacus)• Rachel Portman (Chocolat)• Nino Rota (La Dolce Vita)• Miklos Rozsa (Spellbound)• David Shire (2010)• Alan Silvestri (Contact)• Max Steiner (Dark Victory)

• Dimitri Tiomkin (High Noon)

• Vangelis (Blade Runner)

• Franz Waxman (Spirit of Saint Louis)

• John Williams (Star Wars, Close Encounters)

• Hans Zimmer (Gladiator)

Some terms

• Temp track• Foley• Locked film• Spotting session• Pitch• Dynamics• Consonance• Dissonance

• Major• Minor• Film driven • Plot driven• Character driven

• Sergei Prokofiev• Alexander Nevsky• Icon• Credits• End credits• Overarching theme• Foreshadow

• Mickey Mousing• Onomatopeia• Leitmotive• 1895 • Paris• diegetic music• orchestration

• Wipe• Fade• Cut• Dissolve• establishing shot• Robin Hood

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold• Stinger• Laura• David Raksin• Dark Victory• Max Steiner

• Hugo Friedhofer• source music• Streamers• click track• Hitchcock

• Miklos Rosza• Spellbound• Psycho 1960• North by Northwest 1959• Vertigo 1958• Rear Window 1964• The Birds 1963• Bernard Herrmann

• shower scene• first electronic film score• 1977• Lumière brothers• work print• A and B films 

Assignment

• Read the first five chapters of the text in preparation for the mid-term exam.