Music 80M

Film Music

Enrollment

• If you decide to drop the class today, leave your name with one of the TAs. No hard feelings.

• If you decide to drop sometime after class, please let me know so at

howell@ucsc.edu

Spring 2011

• Class times: M/W/F 2-3:10• Office Hours: M/W/F 3:15-5:00• Office: DARC 337• email: howell@ucsc.edu• Tas:

Maayan Tsadka - mtsadka@ucsc.edu Joe Davancens -

josephdavancens@gmail.com, Huascar Garcia - hrgarcia@ucsc.edu

Website

• arts.ucsc.edu/faculty/cope/music80m.html• Where I will place everything you need to know

about this course• Class syllabus is here• All Powerpoints will be here• Film choosing link will be here• Reviews will be here• Sample tests will be here• Memorize the above address!!!!!

Teacher• David Cope, Professor Emeritus• Background

– Uncle: sound for Sunset Blvd. sound for Rear Window

– Uncle: Universal Studios Art– Cousin: continuity for sitcoms, Emmy for set design– Cousin: actress in Frasier– Degree in film from USC

• Spielberg• Lucas

– Many students in film music– Scored two films myself

Textbook

• Listening to Movies, Fred Karlin. Shirmer Books,

• I know, I know, it’s expensive, but it’s all you’ll need, and we will be using it a great deal.

• Do not try to take this class without it.

Two Tests

• Mid-term of 100 questions

• Final of 200 questions

• All multiple choice and machine graded

Two Papers

• Mid-term (spotting session)

• Final (spotting session and analysis - five pages double-spaced minimum)

• Hardcopy (printed).

Films

• Each student will be required to have two different films for your papers.

• No student can have the same film as another student

• Films will be chosen from those listed on a special website that I will post on the class website this evening.

• Sign in. • Only films with check boxes are possible

choices.

Films

• I have seen all of these films and know their soundtracks

• Films not appearing here are omitted because– I have not seen them– Soundtracks are not that interesting– Composer too heavily represented already– Am covering in class– Etc.

Films

• Do not try to switch films with someone else

• Do not try to convince me to add a film• Let me know if you cannot find the film

you’ve chosen• Films are available on a first-come first-

serve basis, sorry . . .• Films that you never heard of, or don’t

like, are actually better choices!

Films

• Don’t give the website out to other people

• Don’t try to select more than two films by creating a new connection with your roommate’s name

• Remember - messing this up will hurt your fellow class members. Let’s play fair.

Films

• Rent your films.

• Buy your films online.

• View your films on Netflix or other source.

• Download your films.

• See them in the library Media Center.

• Borrow your films from someone.

• Buy your films used at Streetlight.

Attendance

• Mandatory• Each class will have a quiz where I will play a

film score. You will write down the film name and/or the composer’s name along with your own name on a sheet of paper.

• No harm, no foul. All correct answers receive extra credit. Incorrect answers, get no extra credit. We take roll from these sheets of paper. One sheet per customer - no handing in sheets for friends.

Grading

• Test 1 (mid-term): 20%• Test 2 (final): 33%• Paper 1 (mid-term): 15%• Paper 2 (final): 32%

• Attendance - have more than three unexcused absences and risk failure.

• Extra credit - five or more correct answers can increase grade by half a step.

Grading

• I do grade on percentage

• I do not grade on the curve

• If you learn what I ask you to learn, attend class, do the reading, do well on the tests, write great papers, then you get an A, no matter how many others get an A.

EMAIL

• For excused absences please email one of the TAs

• For legitimate questions or suggestions email David Cope - howell@ucsc.edu

• We receive literally hundreds of emails a day, so we’ll answer questions in class and probably not answer directly. Sorry in advance . . . .

• Also, check the website, Cope runs it directly and may answer some questions there.

Class overview in a nutshell

Subject to change:

Week 1

• Basics (music and film)• silent film • Historic film Alexander Nevsky (1938

Prokofiev)• Eisenstein and Prokofiev collaborated rather

than working separately; impossible today because of the large number of people required to make today’s films.

Week 2

• Detail: The Adventures of R Hood Erich Korngold

• also

• Wuthering Heights (1939) Alfred Newman

• Laura (1944) David Raksin

Week 3

• Detail: Dark Victory Max Steiner (1939)

• also

• Maltese Falcon (1941) Adolf Deutsch

• Bambi (1942) Frank Churchill

Week 4

• Detail: Spellbound Miklós Rózsa (1945)

• also

• On the Waterfront (1954) Leonard Bernstein

• High Noon (1952) Dimitri Tiomkin

Week 5

• Detail: North by Northwest (1959) Bernard Herrmann

• also • Vertigo/Psycho (1958/1960) Bernard

Herrmann • La Dolce Vita (1960) Nino Rota

mid-term exam, first paper due (February 14 at class time)

Week 6

• Detail: The Spirit of Saint Louis (1957) Franz Waxman

• also review/midterm

• East of Eden (1954) Leonard Rosenman

• A Hard Day's Night (1964) Beatles

Week 7

• Detail: The Untouchables (1987) Ennio Morricone

• also

• West Side Story (1961) Leonard Bernstein

• The Color Purple (1985) Quincy Jones

• Amadeus (1984) W. A. Mozart

Week 8

• Detail: The Magnificent Seven (1960) Elmer Bernstein

• also

• 2001 (1968) Strauss, Strauss, Ligeti

• Planet of the Apes (1968) Jerry Goldsmith

• Edward Sissorhands (1990) Danny Elfman

Week 9

• Detail: Close Encounters 3rd Kind (1977) John Williams

• also

• Koyaanisqatsi (1983) Philip Glass

• Blade Runner (1982) Vangelis

• Never Cry Wolf (1983) Mark Isham

Week 10

• Detail: Mo' Better Blues (1990) Branford Marsalis

• Dreams (1990) Shinichiro Ikebe

• Milagro Beanfield War (1988) Dave Grusin

• Review

We will also cover

• Video game music

• Music for television

• Music for commercials

• One day for your favorite films and the music in them

• A couple of surprise guests

• Reviews for all tests

• Sample previous papers online

Exams

• Mid-Term: Friday, May 6, class time,

Final: Tuesday, June 7, 8:00-

11:00AM

• Papers due at these times.

Questions

• Will we get a break each class? No.• Can we play Tetris on our computers during

class? No. TAs will roam and check, and so will I.

• Can we be late to class? No.• Will you end class on time? Yes.• Is food or drink allowed in class? No.• Can we bring bicycles or skateboards to

class? No.• Turn off cell phones, or . . . .

The Game

• Full sheet of paper

• Your name printed and readable

• Name of film

• Name of composer of the music

• Turn in immediately after I tell you

• No harm no foul. Attendance.