Adventures in Film Music Redux Composer and Glossary Guide
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Adventures in Film Music Redux – Composer and Glossary Guide ADVENTURES IN FILM MUSIC REDUX COMPOSER AND GLOSSARY GUIDE WEEK 1 Octave HISTORICAL FILM Sonority Composers Synths Craig Armstrong and A.R. Rahman: Elizabeth: The Golden Age WEEK 3 Dario Marinelli: Agora COMEDY FILM Dimitri Shostakovich: The Gadfly Composers Eric Serra: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Alexandre Desplat: The Grand Budapest Hotel Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard: Gladiator Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times James Horner: Braveheart Danny Elman: Beetlejuice John Debney: Passion of the Christ Elmer Bernstein: Ghostbusters John Williams: Lincoln and JFK Franck Barcellini and Alain Romans: Mr Hulot’s Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia Holiday and Mon Oncle Miklós Rózsa: Ben Hur Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther Patrick Doyle: Henry V Larry Adler: Genevieve Malcolm Arnold: The Belles of St. Trinians Glossary Patrick Doyle: Much Ado About Nothing Contrapuntal Quicktakes: Neal Hefti (The Odd Couple and Cue Barefoot in the Park), Benoit Charest (The Leitmotif Triplets of Belleville), Henry Mancini (Mr Thematic transformation Hobbs Takes a Vacation), Frank De Vol (Guess Transposition Who’s Coming to Dinner), Ken Jones (Two- Way Stretch), Leroy Anderson (Who’s Minding WEEK 2 the Store), Nino Rota (Amarcord), Elmer WAR AND CONFLICT Bernstein (Airplane aka Flying High), Geoff Composers Zanelli (Ghost Town), Georges Auric (The Dario Marianelli: Atonement Titfield Thunderbolt) Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of Our Lives Quincy Jones: The Austin Powers Trilogy Jerry Goldsmith: Patton John Barry: Zulu Glossary John Ireland: The Overlanders Chromaticism/Chromatically John Williams: Schindler’s List and Saving Private Counterpoint Ryan Dissonance Matyas Seiber: A Town Like Alice Leitmotif Max Steiner: Gone with the Wind Motif Quicktakes: Jerry Goldsmith (Tora, Tora Tora), Ron Ostinatos Goodwin (633 Squadron), Dimitri Tiomkin Polyphonic (Guns of Navarone), Elmer Bernstein (The Tonality Great Escape) Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence WEEK 4 Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky SUPERNATURAL FILM Steven Price: Fury Composers William Walton: Battle of Britain Bernard Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs Muir Danny Elfman: The Wolfman Glossary Dimitri Tiomkin and Claude Debussy: Portrait of A capella Jennie Arnoldian Hans Erdman: Nosferatu Chromatically James Newton Howard: The Sixth Sense Interpolated Jerry Goldsmith: Poltergeist, The Mummy and The Leitmotifs Omen Non-diegetic Maurice Jarre: Ghost Diegetic Tomandandy: The Mothman Prophecies Motif Wojciech Kilar: Bram Stoker’s Dracula Muted 24/01/2020 1 Adventures in Film Music Redux – Composer and Glossary Guide WEEK 5 George Benson: All That Jazz CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Georges Auric: Moulin Rouge Composers John Kander and Fred Ebb: Cabaret Bernard Herrmann: Psycho Joseph Kosma: The Infants of Paradise David Raskin: Laura Nino Rota: La Strada Ennio Morricone: The Untouchables and Once Upon a Time in America Glossary Hans Zimmer: Thelma and Louise Diegetic Jóhann Jóhannsson: Sicario Fellini-esque Miklós Rózsa: Double Indemnity Leitmotifs Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer and Johnny Klimek: Run Minimalism Lola Run and Perfume: The Story of a Modulates Murderer Neorealism Thomas Newman: The Shawshank Redemption Non-Diegetic Ondes Martenot Glossary Acid tones WEEK 8 Allegro HEROES AND ADVENTURERS Breakbeat Composers Dissonances Bill Conti: Rocky Horns brutale Danny Elfman: Batman Minor modal Eric Serra: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele New German Wave Blanc-Sec Ostinato Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Synesthetic music Hood Techno Four Swashbucklers: Miklós Rózsa (Ivanhoe), Franz Tremolos Waxman (Prince Valiant), Michael Kamen Violins affanto (Highlander), Alan Sylvestri (Beowulf) John Scott: Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan WEEK 6 John Williams: Indiana Jones, Princess Leia, Star THE HUMAN CONDITION Wars: Episode 1, Superman Composers Thomas Newman: Erin Brockovich Alan Silvestri: Forrest Gump Bernard Herrmann: Citizen Kane Glossary Clint Mansell: Requiem for a Dream Bluegrass George Fenton: Shadowlands Cadence James Horner: A Beautiful Mind Chromatics Max Steiner: Dark Victory and Now, Voyager Countermelody Miklós Rózsa: Spellbound Counterpoint harmony Richard Wagner: Melancholia Discordant Thomas Newman: American Beauty Interval of a major sixth Leitmotifs Glossary Major Key German Romantic Movement Minor Key Gesamtkunstwerk Sixteenth note Industrial compositions Staccato Theremin Thematic transformation Woodwind WEEK 7 THE STAGE AND PERFORMANCE WEEK 9 Composers FUTURE FILM Alfred Newman: All About Eve Composers Brian Easdale: The Red Shoes Arthur Bliss: Things to Come Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell: Bernard Herrmann: Fahrenheit 451 Limelight Daft Punk: Tron Legacy Clint Mansell and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Black Don Davis: The Matrix Swan Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury: Ex Machina Franz Waxman: Sunset Boulevard Gottfried Huppertz: Metropolis 24/01/2020 2 Adventures in Film Music Redux – Composer and Glossary Guide Hans Zimmer: Blade Runner 2049 Harold Arlen and Herbert Stothart: The Wizard of John Williams: AI: Artificial Intelligence Oz Quicktakes: Eric Serra (The Fifth Element), Brad Howard Shore: Fellowship of the Ring Fiedel (Terminator), Graeme Revell (Aeon James Newton Howard: Dinosaur, Maleficent Flux), James Horner (Bicentennial Man), Jerry Goldsmith: Legend Arcade Fire (Her), Nick Cave and Warren Ellis John Powell: How to Train Your Dragon (The Road), Jerry Goldsmith (Logan’s Run), Michael Nyman (Gattaca) Glossary Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer and Johnny Klimek: Atonal Cloud Atlas Discordant Vangelis: Blade Runner Impressionistic Leitmotif Glossary Modal harmony Leitmotifs Modern composing Ostinato Misterioso Neo-Baroque WEEK 10 Novachord AUSTRALIAN FILM Open fifths Composers Romantic Alan John: The Bank Scherzo Elizabeth Drake: Japanese Story Gheorghe Zamfir: Picnic at Hanging Rock WEEK 12 John Ireland: The Overlanders THE WESTERN Matyas Seiber: A Town Like Alice Composers Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: The Proposition Alfred Newman: How the West Was Won Paul Kelly, Kev Carmody and Mairead Hannan: One Carter Burwell: No Country for Old Men Night the Moon Dimitri Tiomkin: High Noon, Friendly Persuasion Paul Kelly: Lantana and The Alamo Peter Gabriel: Rabbit-Proof Fence Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven Quicktakes: Brian May (Mad Max), Andrew Ennio Morricone: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Lancaster, Micheal Lira and Matteo Zingales The Hateful Eight (The Hunter), Francois Tetaz (Rogue), Graham James Horner: Legends of the Fall Tardif (The Tracker), Michael Nyman (The Jerome Moross: Big Country Piano), Garth Stevenson (Tracks), John Barry John Barry: Dances with Wolves (Walkabout), John Scott (Wake in Fright), Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner: David Hirschfelder (Better Than Sex) The Revenant Tom Hokenborg: Mad Max - Fury Road Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman: Last of the Mohicans Glossary Arpeggios Glossary Cadence B-phrase Japanese modalities Capella chorale Minimalist timbres Fermata Motif High hat cymbal Ornaments Syncopated Timbres Tonality WEEK 13 LITERARY WOMEN WEEK 11 Composers FANTASY WORLDS Bruno Coulais: Coraline Composers Craig Armstrong: Far from the Madding Crowd Alex North: Dragonslayer Danny Elfman: Alice in Wonderland Basil Poledouris: Conan the Barbarian Franz Waxman: Rebecca Bernard Herrmann: The 7th Voyage of Sindbad, James Newton Howard: The Hunger Games Journey to the Center of the Earth, The 3 Worlds of John Barry: Out of Africa Gulliver, Mysterious Island and Jason and the Nigel Westlake: Miss Potter Argonauts Philip Glass: The Hours Georges Auric: La Belle et la Bete Quincy Jones: The Color Purple 24/01/2020 3 Adventures in Film Music Redux – Composer and Glossary Guide Rachel Portman: Never Let Me Go Stopped playing Richard Rodney Bennett: Enchanted April WEEK 15 Glossary FIRST CONTACT Arpeggio Composers Celesta Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow: Annihilation Delicato Bernard Herrmann: The Day the Earth Stood Still Duplet David Arnold: Independence Day Glissandi James Newton Howard: Signs Impressionism Jerry Goldsmith: The Planet of the Apes Minor key Jóhann Jóhannsson: Arrival Ondes Martenot Laurie Johnson: The First Men in the Moon Theremin Mika Levi: Under the Skin Timpani Quicktakes: Dimitri Tiomkin (The Thing from Tremelo Another World), Raoul Kraushaar (Invaders Triplet from Mars), Akira Ifukube (The Mysterians), Ennio Morricone (The Thing), James Bernard WEEK 14 (Quatermass Xperiment), Jack Nitzsche SET SAIL! (Starman), La Planet Sauvage (Alain Composers Goraguer), Jerry Goldsmith (Alien), Ramin Bernard Herrmann: Jason and the Argonauts Djawadi (Pacific Rim), Alan Silvestri (Predator Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk and Contact) Franz Waxman: Captains Courageous Hans Zimmer: Crimson Tide Glossary Ira Davies, Christopher Gordon and Richard Diminuendo Tognetti: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World WEEK 16 James Horner: Titanic SPIES, THIGHS AND PRIVATE EYES James Newton Howard: Waterworld Composers Mario Nascimbene: The Vikings Alexandre Desplat: Zero Dark Thirty Paul J. Smith: 20,00 Leagues Under the Sea Bernard Herrmann: North by Northwest and On Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter: Voyage to the Dangerous Ground Bottom of the Sea Henry Mancini: Charade Quicktakes: Bernard Herrmann (Beneath the 12- Jerry Goldsmith: China Town Mile Reef), Robert Farnon (Captain Horatio John Barry: The Ipcress File and Enigma Hornblower), Bronislau Kaper (Mutiny on the John Powell: Bourne Supremacy Bounty), Alfred Newman (Down to the Sea in Lalo Schifrin: