Sample Questions

1. Sample Questions Note - some of these are for adding new information to your list of things to know for the exam.

2. 1) Jerry Goldsmith composed music for: • a) Robin Hood • b) Psycho • c) Chinatown • d) Star Wars

3. 2) Streamers • a) music that hits a certain spot • b) first fully electronic score • c) first score by Bernard Herrmann • d) vertical moving lines for music cues

4. 3) Which of Hitchcock's films is in black and white: • a) Vertigo • b) North by Northwest • c) Rear Window • d) Psycho

5. 4. Herrmann's music: • a) always for piano • b) repeats small motives • c) always loud • d) never repeats small motives

6. 5) Little John's theme appears in: • a) Psycho • b) Robin Hood • c) Vertigo • d) Marnie

7. 6) a compiled score consists of • a) original music • b) parts of existing works • c) temp tracks • d) always in major keys

8. 7) film composers always compose music • a) after the film is locked • b) before the temp track is known • c) for points • d) along with the director

9. 8) the best known composer/director team: • a) Prokofiev/Eisenstein • b) Hermann/Hitchcock • c) Williams/Lucas • d) Goldsmith/Spielberg

10. 9) Hitchcock's films are typically • a) film driven • b) plot driven • c) character driven • d) iconic

11. 10) music of NxNW is by • a) Raksin • b) Goldsmith • c) Korngold • d) Herrmann

12. 11) Icon music is typically composed by • a) the film's composer • b) the orchestrator • c) the director • d) varies

13. 12) Not a film composer: • a) Herrmann • b) Goldsmith • c) Elfman • d) Eisenstein

14. 13) Which does not have a theme in Robin Hood: • a) England • b) Robin Hood • c) France • d) Little John

15. 14) Which film has character driven music • a) Vertigo • b) NxNW • c) Psycho • d) Robin Hood

16. 15) 2001 music: • a) temp track music • b) by Alex North; • c) by Jerrry Goldsmith; • d) none of the above.

17. 16) The Newman system uses: • a) streamers; • b) punches every other frame for 20 frames; • c) 3-5 ft lines left to right for sync; • d) SMPTE.

18. 17) the conductor often: • a) hears dialog in headphones; • b) operates the machines; • c) books musicians with agents; • d) runs the clock, takes notes, etc.

19. 18) the music for Citizen Kane was composed by: • a) Erich Wolfgang Korngold; • b) Leonard Bernstein; • c) Bernard Herrmann; • d) Dimitri Tiomkin.

20. 19) which scene in Psycho is known as the best for music: • a) credits as in Vertigo; • b) ending revelation; • c) shower scene; • d) car chase scene.

21. 20) dubbing means to: • a) add after the fact; • b) the same as Foley; • c) the same as Mousing; • e) create new sounds.

22. 21) common time means: • a) 24 hours per day; • b) 24 frames per second; • c) 3/4 meter; • d) 4/4 meter.

23. 22) composers are responsible for: • a) all of the below; • b) only spotting the film; • c) orchestration only; • d) composing the score only.

24. 23) Sergei Prokofiev composed the music for: • a) High Noon; • b) Maltese Falcon; • c) Laura; • d) Alexander Nevsky.

25. 24) Erich Korngold composed the music for: • a) North by Northwest; • b) Dark Victory; • c) Wuthering Heights; • d) The Adventures of Robin Hood.

26. 25) David Raksin composed the music for: • a) High Noon; • b) Vertigo; • c) Spellbound; • d) Laura.

27. 26) Miklós Rózsa composed the music for: • a) On the Waterfront; • b) La Dolce Vita; • c) High Noon; • d) Spellbound.

28. 27) Music in a film that the actors hear is called: • a) foley; • b) screen; • c) diegetic; • d) non-diegetic.

29. 28) music hung on in silents because: • a) the audience requested it; • b) covered noise from the projectors; • c) films needed it; • d) directors requested it.

30. 29) first time a pianist provided musical accompaniment to film was: • a) 1892; • b) 1913; • c) 1895; • d) 1897.

31. 30) Lights of New York was the first: • a) film produced in America; • b) first "soundie" • c) film in English; • d) first silent film.

32. 31) a locked film is: • a) shelved; • b) finally roughcut; • c) presented in fine cut; • d) set in stone.

33. 32) December 28, 1895 was: • a) first time music played with film; • b) first soundie; • c) first talkie; • d) first film.

34. 33) flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons are: • a) woodwinds; • b) brass; • c) strings; • d) percussion.

35. 34) horns, trombones, trumpets are: • a) woodwinds; • b) brass; • c) strings; • d) percussion.

36. 35) who does spotting: • a) conductor and director; • b) recording engineer; • c) librarian and conductor; • d) composer and director.

37. 36) music is often used during: • a) travel and fades; • b) under credits; • c) under icons; • d) all of the above.

38. 37) violins, cellos, violas are: • a) woodwinds; • b) brass; • c) strings; • d) percussion.

39. 38) the Hitchcock Trilogy consists of: • a) High Noon, Spellbound, Vertigo; • b) North by Northwest, Psycho, Vertigo; • c) Psycho, Spellbound, Vertigo; • d) High Noon, North by Northwest, Vertigo.

40. 39) a click track is: • a) another word for frames; • b) a clicking like a metronome for the conductor; • c) sprocket holes in film; • d) a streamer.

41. 40) consonance is generally: • a) ugly; • b) pleasing; • c) fast; • d) slow.

42. 41) which is not a film composer we should know: • a) Erich Wolfgang Korngold; • b) Max Steiner; • c) Claude Rains; • d) Dimitri Tiomkin.

43. 42) the most popular instrument for silents was the: • a) violin; • b) piano; • c) harpsichord; • d) clavichord.

44. 43) sounding like it looks: • a) Mickey Mousing it; • b) cartoons; • c) documentaries; • d) newsreels.

45. 44) arranging means to: • a) orchestrate piano music; • b) taking dictation from piano playing; • c) fitting music to film; • d) change ensembles.

46. 45) a shot taken from below is a: • a) pan; • b) Dutch angle; • c) fade; • d) dissolve.

47. 46) Which film made the greatest impact on film music: • a) The Adventures of Robin Hood • b) Wuthering Heights; • c) On the Waterfront; • d) Maltese Falcon.

48. 47) Hitchcock's main composer was: • a) Erich Wolfgang Korngold; • b) Leonard Bernstein; • c) Bernard Herrmann; • d) Dimitri Tiomkin.

49. 48) Film recording sessions have performers face: • a) the conductor; • b) outside; • c) the screen; • d) the audience.

50. 49) A sudden accent to identify an important aspect of the film is a: • a) spot; • b) streamer; • c) stinger; • d) dissolve.