Film Score Analysis

2.0 credits

Students will examine the harmonic content, orchestrations and dramatic impact of various film scores dating from the 1930’s to the present. Examples of the scores to be studied include Max Steiner’s King Kong (1933), Bernard Herrmann’s, Citizen Kane (1941), Leonard Rosenman’s, East of Eden (1955), John Williams’ Star Wars (1977), Jerry Goldsmith’s Basic Instinct (1992), Alexandre Desplat’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and more. Students will be given weekly composition and analysis assignments.