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In 1895 the Lumière brothers created music to cover the noise of what?

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Which producer of organs was thought to be the best?

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Why was the 1933 movie, King Kong’s music a landmark

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What instruments did Alfred Newman favour?

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What does rubato mean?

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What is often a prompt for music to come in?

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What is a motif?

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What do composers write motifs for?

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Where does the kalimba originate from?

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What was the first film to incorporate jazz music?

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Who wrote the original james bond theme?

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Why is the instrument with the crank considered to be a bit of a dinosaur?

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Do all directors like the same style and type of film music? What are some differences

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Where else has film music been used? Why?

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Why was Jerry Goldsmith considered innovative?

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What did the public rediscover after watching star wars?

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Who does Hans Zimmer say the B part of John Williams Music is for?

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Write some descriptive words (your own or from the interviews) about the ET theme

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Why do artists pick particular studios to record in?

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Why does the roof of the Abbey Road studio need to be able to move?

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Why does the sound engineer use so many microphones?

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Name some movies that have been recorded at abbey road studios

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What is the role of the engineer?

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Why do not all composers conduct the orchestra?

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Do the musicians get to practice their music before the performance?

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Which genre of film typically has the longest or most music?

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Thomas Newman was renowned for doing what?

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How did the music from Gladiators change the way it was filmed?

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What unique thing do the strings do in Hans Zimmer’s writing?

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Why was ‘the social networks’ score considered so different?

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Why are film composers so important (with reference to the orchestra)

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What did you find most interesting about the documentary?

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