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Composers and Directors Answers

A. famous for his “space” scores for Alien and Star Trek: The motion picture. Also scored Deep Rising.

B. Composed the score for The Hours, in which the music becomes a separate “character” in the film

C. helped bring jazz and songs to film scores in the late 1950s and 1960s (Breakfast at Tiffany’s).

D. composer in the 1930s; wrote scores for King Kong and Gone with the Wind .

E. Composed the score to Gladiator that was used in class to illustrate the post-modern break.

F. best known film composer, primarily for his work on Spielberg films such as Jaws and E.T..

G. 19th Century opera composer whose theories are the foundation of music scoring to this day.

H. noted for his work on Tim Burton films such as Batman.

I. Hollywood’s leading film composer for over 40 years--scored westerns such as The Magnificent Seven

and epics such as The Ten Commandments; first brought jazz to film scores in The Man with the Golden Arm.

J. Composer for High Noon, responsible for introducing the song as part of the film score.

K. Director of 2001 AD: A Space Odyssey, and the first composer to base an entire film score on pre-existing “classical” music.

L. An Austrian composer, the first person to win an academy award for film scoring for “The Adventures of Robin Hood.”

M. The individual responsible for compiling play lists for use in early movies

N. Russian director of Potempkin, responsible for montage technique of editing

O. Film composer for Laura, remembered for composing to “psychology of character.”

P. First famous American film director who compiled his own music scores from popular tunes

Q. Director whose films are replete with post-modern moments based on pre-existing music excerpts from television and popular culture.

R. The composer of the first film score for the movie The Assassination of the Duc D’Guise.

S. film composer who worked for Warner Bros, responsible for nearly all Bugs Bunny cartoons

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