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Music and Film


Course Description

Explores the history and aesthetics of film music. The course relies on three assumptions: 1) that a film's score fundamentally alters the viewer's perception of the film; 2) that the film's images affect the way the viewer hears the music; and 3) that the combination of music and images can have a much greater impact on the viewer than either medium alone.


Athena Title

MUSIC AND FILM


Semester Course Offered

Offered spring


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

The successful student will demonstrate: * an awareness of the role that music plays in the viewer's perception of a film; * understanding of major developments and trends in the history of film music and the influence films have had on cultural development; * ability to compare the Hollywood tradition with other cinematic traditions around the world; * ability to contrast various aesthetic models for scoring films; * ability to write film music critiques and analyses in the language of the discipline.


Topical Outline

1. Silent cinema 2. Hollywood's Golden Age 3. Post-war Hollywood 4. New Hollywood 5. Global highlights 6. Classical music in the cinema


General Education Core

CORE IV: Humanities and the Arts

Syllabus