Syllabus and Course Description Music 103/308 Home Page
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Topic |
Work to Complete Before Class on this Date |
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Reading/Written Assignments Texts:
Karlin: Listening to Movies (Text Rental) |
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UNIT ONE |
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| 1/25 | Introduction: Overview of Class Material |
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| 1/27 | The Function of Film Music |
Electronic Reserve: Aaron Copland on Film Music
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| 2/1 | How to Listen to a Movie Scene Analysis: Dances With Wolves
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Karlin: 67-84 The Score-Page 1-9
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| 2/3 | Continued from 9/9 |
Karlin: 67-84 Electronic Reserve: Kalinak: The Language of Music
Kalinak Musical
Terms (PowerPoint in Web Page form) |
| 2/8 | In Class Film: The Hollywood Sound |
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| 2/10 | The Rise of the Symphonic Film Score | |
| 2/15 | The Golden Age of Film Music:
Music of Korngold Scene Analysis: Robin Hood |
Karlin: 92-99 Electronic Reserve: Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| 2/17 | Korngold Continued | Karlin: 92-99
Electronic Reserve: Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| 2/22 |
Planning the Score Scene Analysis: Edward Scissorhands |
Karlin: 3-16 |
| 2/24 | Film Sound Scene Analysis: The Untouchables Review for Exam One |
Karlin:
137-144 Electronic Reserve: -Fundamental Aesthetics of Sound in the Cinema-Bordwell and Thompson |
| 3/1 | EXAM NO. 1
UNIT TWO
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| 3/3 | The Film Music of Miklos Rozsa |
Karlin 104-110 Electronic Reserve: Miklos Rozsa |
| 3/8 | In Class Film: Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann | WWW-Music
of the Fears-Readings to be Announced
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| 3/10 | North by Northwest and Citizen Kane-Herrmann | WWW-Music
of the Fears-Readings to be Announced
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| 3/15 | Herrmann Continued: Music of Psycho | |
| 3/17 | Composing the Music | Karlin: 17-41 |
| 3/18-3/25 | Spring Break | |
| 3/29 | Recording the Music | Karlin: 48-56 |
| 3/31 | Jerry Goldsmith | In
Class Film: Jerry Goldsmith:
Film Music Masters
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| 4/5 |
Goldsmith Continued
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| 4/7 | Women Composers Review for Exam Two |
WWW: Women in Film Music
The Score-Page 359-381 |
| 4/12 |
EXAM NO. 2 Women Composers continued |
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| 4/14 | Composer/Director Collaborations-Williams and Spielberg |
WWW-John Williams K: 129-137
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| 4/19 | Composer/Director
Collaborations-Williams and Spielberg
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WWW-John Williams K: 129-137
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| 4/21 | Composer/Director
Collaborations-Williams and Spielberg-continued
Music 308 Presentations |
WWW-John Williams K: 129-137
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| 4/26 |
Film Music Reviews Due The Newman Family |
The Score-Page 267-293
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| 4/28 | The Newman Family |
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| 5/3 | From the Concert Hall to the Movie Theater: Corigliano and Goldenthal | |
| 5/5 | Contemporary Composers: Howard, Zimmer and Others |
The Score-Page 175-197 WWW-James Newton Howard Article WWW-James Newton Howard Article
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| 5/10 | New
Trends-Wrap Up and Review
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Electronic Reserve: New Yorker Article
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| 12/18 | Exam no. 3: 10:15-12:15 (non-cumulative) | There will be no options to take this test another time! |
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