Edexcel AoS3: Music for Stage and Screen
What's covered
Key facts
Stage and screen music supports drama, character and action.
It opens with a bold brass fanfare.
Williams uses leitmotifs for characters and ideas.
It is scored for a large symphony orchestra.
The Star Wars 'Main Title' is by John Williams, an orchestral film score.
The vocals use belting for a powerful, dramatic effect.
It is a musical-theatre number (a show-stopping Act 1 finale).
'Defying Gravity' is from the musical Wicked, by Stephen Schwartz.
Sample questions
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'Defying Gravity' comes from which stage musical?
- •Cats
- •Grease
- •Hamilton
- ✓Wicked
The Star Wars 'Main Title' was composed by?
- •Hans Zimmer
- •J.S. Bach
- ✓John Williams
- •Stephen Schwartz
What style is 'Defying Gravity'?
- •A Baroque opera aria
- •A folk ballad
- ✓A musical theatre number
- •A techno dance track
What device does Williams use to represent characters in Star Wars?
- •12-bar blues
- •Ground bass
- ✓Leitmotifs
- •Sampling
Which powerful vocal technique features in 'Defying Gravity'?
- ✓Belting
- •Humming
- •Rapping
- •Whispering
The Star Wars Main Title is scored for?
- •A four-piece rock band
- ✓A large symphony orchestra
- •A single solo piano
- •A small string quartet
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