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class datelecture assignments link to related material 1 Jan 11Introduction: Early history,a quick music primer, films from the asynchronous era (1895 - 1927) [NOTES] 2 Jan 18Film music theory introduction: Why music with film? Musical antecedents, early synchronous sound films (1927-1940) [NOTES] 3 Jan 25Theme & Variation: The Golden Age. Classics from the golden age of the Hollywood studio system (late 1930's to 40's) [NOTES] 4 Feb 1Jazz & The Music of the 20th Century. (1950's & 60's) [NOTES] 5 Feb 8The Song/Musicals Assignment due (1) Feb 15R E A D I N G___ W E E K___ N O__ C L A S S 6 Feb 22(A) Music from the Concert Stage:Concert pieces in film scores (B) Sound Design & Music: The relationship between music and the other elements on the soundtrack. 7 Feb 29Great Collaborations I: Important director-composer collaborations: from Rota - Fellini to Danna - Egoyan 8 Mar 7Great Collaborations II 9 Mar 14Science Fiction: The Music of Imagination, Terror and Wonder. From "Things to Come" to the present. Assignment due (2) 10 Mar 21Music and Film outside the Hollywood Tradition I. Films from places beyond North America and Europe. 11 Mar 28Music and Film outside the Hollywood Tradition II. Films from other places, experimental projects, alternative traditions. 12 April 4Composing for Moving Pictures: The technique of composing, the realities of the process and the effect of production demands upon the music. Assignment due (3) 13 April 11Music and Image on screens large and small in the early 21st century.
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