MUS 2310 Study Guide - Ridley Scott, Theremin, Richard Strauss
Document Summary
Star wars- director george lucas. score john williams. Imperical march - theme for the evil empire. The hours - director steven daldry. score philip glass three embedded narratives however music was not used to help distinguish betweeen instead used variations of the same theme score does not respond to changes in the plot. Psycho -director alfred hitchcock. score bernard herrmann pinwheel melody (music is going in a circular motion, high and low pitches with a central point fast rhythm (being chased or in trouble) dissonance/tension in the music. Star trek - j. j. abrams. score michael giacchino quartal chords very optomistic: melody is going up. Shutter island - director martin scorsese: root of an unfocus (john cage)- prepared piano(causes distorted sounds), 3 notes, penderecki passacaglia - controlled indeterminism, very creepy music, very dissonant, atonal, repeated base pattern, mahler"s late romantic chamber music.
