Music in Film
Class Outline
Spring 2005

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Unit One
Unit Two
Unit Three

Syllabus and Course Description        Music 103/308 Home Page

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Topic

Work to Complete Before Class on this Date

Reading/Written Assignments

Texts: Karlin: Listening to Movies (Text Rental)
Michael Schelle:
The Score
WWW
-Refers to World Wide Web Sites
Reserve Materials-can be checked out on the first floor of the LRC for two hours
Or: E-Reserve

UNIT ONE

 
1/25 Introduction: Overview of Class Material
  • Browse and familiarize yourself with class web pages
  • Take some headphones to a lab and listen to one of the RealAudio Files
  • How to use Public Folders
  • Make a post to the Class Public Folder-Introduce yourself to the class-talk about your major, musical interests, musical experience (if any), and why you are taking this class.

    Electronic Reserve
    : Aaron Copland on Film Music
1/27 The Function of Film Music Electronic Reserve: Aaron Copland on Film Music

 

2/1 How to Listen to a Movie
Scene Analysis
: Dances With Wolves

 


Karlin: 67-84

The Score-Page 1-9


2/3 Continued from 9/9 Karlin: 67-84
Electronic Reserve: Kalinak: The Language of Music


PowerPoint Presentation: Musical Terms-Kalinak in the class public folder under PowerPoint

Kalinak Musical Terms (PowerPoint in Web Page form)

2/8 In Class Film: The Hollywood Sound
 
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
WWW-Korngold Web Page

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
The Silent Film

 

 
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

WWW-Bernard Herrmann Page

 

3/10 North by Northwest and Citizen Kane-Herrmann WWW-Music of the Fears-Readings to be Announced

 

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

 

4/5 Goldsmith Continued

 

 
4/7  

Women Composers 

Review for Exam Two

WWW: Women in Film Music

WWW: Shirley Walker

WWW: Rachel Portman

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

 

4/19 Composer/Director Collaborations-Williams and Spielberg

 

 

WWW-John Williams
K: 129-137

 

 

4/21 Composer/Director Collaborations-Williams and Spielberg-continued

 

  Music 308 Presentations

WWW-John Williams
K: 129-137

 

 

4/26 Film Music Reviews Due

The Newman Family

The Score-Page 267-293

WWW-Thomas Newman

 

4/28 The Newman Family  

 

WWW-Thomas Newman

 

5/3 From the Concert Hall to the Movie Theater: Corigliano and Goldenthal  

WWW-Corigliano
 WWW-Goldenthal

WWW-Goldenthal Acceptance Speech

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

 

Electronic Reserve: New Yorker Article


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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