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MUS 355 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What main title music features strange vocalizations
twangy guitar, and an guttural male chorus? -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔The good the bad and the ugly
what rather odd sound showed up in High Noon, The
Magnificent Seven, and The fgood the bad and the ugly
- ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔wooden boxy-sounding drum
what two main titles make prominent use of a whip -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔blazing saddles and rawhide
who was born in rome, italy and composed 500+ scores
for films including the score for fistful of dollars and the
good the bad and the ugly - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔ennio
morricone
Which American-born composer composed the score for
the magnificent secen - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔elmer
bernstein
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who used unusual sampled sounds like a grandfather
clock and pump organ pedals in his oscar winning music
for 3:10 to uima - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔marco
belatrami
Who sang the main title music for blazing saddles -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Frankie Lane
who was a member of the pop group the budggles whos
hit song was video killed the radio star - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔hans zimmer
elmer bernstein wrote what score - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔ten commandments
james horner wrote what score? - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔braveheart
music in the epic genre tend to use - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔large orchestras
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the duduk, an armenian double reed instrument,m was
used in the following movies except - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔pink panther (other movies are all very dramatic)
in the 1953 film the robe, which is the correct musical
style of the film? - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔huge orchestra
and choir
In the early days of sound film, a series of holes
punched in film stock to correspond to the action on the
screen acts as a variable click for the conductor and the
musicians. - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔True
Which came first? A. Recording to audio tape
B. Recording to disk
C. Recording to digital
D. Recording to 3 stripe magnetic tape - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔recording to disk
23) Performing rights organizations do not collect and
distribute royalties on behalf of composers and
publishers. - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔False
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24) Leitmotiv is a recurring theme that identifies a
character, emotion, or idea - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔True
Sync royalties are
A. Paid to use existing recording of music
B. Paid to sync music to film
C. Paid to adapt audio tape to digital tape
D. Paid to adapt compositions for TV or Film production
- ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Paid to adapt compositions for
TV or Film production
Mechanical Royalties are:
A. Paid to adapt compositions for TV or Film production
B. Paid to work the machines
C. Paid to use existing recording of music
D. Paid to deal with the mechanics of the score
- used the actual recording - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Paid
to use existing recording of music
27) Recorded and projected film
28) Early device to sync sound to film
29) Used for personal viewing
MUS 355 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What main title music features strange vocalizations
twangy guitar, and an guttural male chorus? -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔The good the bad and the ugly
what rather odd sound showed up in High Noon, The
Magnificent Seven, and The fgood the bad and the ugly
- ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔wooden boxy-sounding drum
what two main titles make prominent use of a whip -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔blazing saddles and rawhide
who was born in rome, italy and composed 500+ scores
for films including the score for fistful of dollars and the
good the bad and the ugly - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔ennio
morricone
Which American-born composer composed the score for
the magnificent secen - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔elmer
bernstein
,2|Page
who used unusual sampled sounds like a grandfather
clock and pump organ pedals in his oscar winning music
for 3:10 to uima - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔marco
belatrami
Who sang the main title music for blazing saddles -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Frankie Lane
who was a member of the pop group the budggles whos
hit song was video killed the radio star - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔hans zimmer
elmer bernstein wrote what score - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔ten commandments
james horner wrote what score? - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔braveheart
music in the epic genre tend to use - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔large orchestras
,3|Page
the duduk, an armenian double reed instrument,m was
used in the following movies except - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔pink panther (other movies are all very dramatic)
in the 1953 film the robe, which is the correct musical
style of the film? - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔huge orchestra
and choir
In the early days of sound film, a series of holes
punched in film stock to correspond to the action on the
screen acts as a variable click for the conductor and the
musicians. - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔True
Which came first? A. Recording to audio tape
B. Recording to disk
C. Recording to digital
D. Recording to 3 stripe magnetic tape - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔recording to disk
23) Performing rights organizations do not collect and
distribute royalties on behalf of composers and
publishers. - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔False
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24) Leitmotiv is a recurring theme that identifies a
character, emotion, or idea - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔True
Sync royalties are
A. Paid to use existing recording of music
B. Paid to sync music to film
C. Paid to adapt audio tape to digital tape
D. Paid to adapt compositions for TV or Film production
- ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Paid to adapt compositions for
TV or Film production
Mechanical Royalties are:
A. Paid to adapt compositions for TV or Film production
B. Paid to work the machines
C. Paid to use existing recording of music
D. Paid to deal with the mechanics of the score
- used the actual recording - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Paid
to use existing recording of music
27) Recorded and projected film
28) Early device to sync sound to film
29) Used for personal viewing
