MUS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Billy Lee Riley, Bobby Bland, The Day The Music Died
19 Mar 2016
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Piano used with film in paris, 1895. In 1908, paris company, le film d" art, commissioned camille saint-saens to compose music for l"assassinant du duc de guise; live musicians played during film screenings. 1909- edison film copay produced list of classical works that would fit specific moods. 1926- warner brothers produced vitaphone system; vitaphone films included. Max steiner became one of the first movie composers; king kong, gone with the wind casablanca. Bernard herrmann ; citizen kane, vertigo, psycho and several other. 2001: a space odyssey uses music by richard strauss; johann strauss, ligeti, and khachaturian. Music is essential to film; only 40 minutes of dialogue. John williams wrote score; music included in 88 of 121 minutes of movie. Williams used a main theme that functioned like an opera overturn. Williams used leitmotif technique foe each character like wagner. Featured listening: main theme from star wars by john williams. Heroic theme played by brass and percussion then entire orchestra.
