Listening to the Movies

Music has always served to add to the enjoyment of films, even before the movies "talked." In this course we will discuss the development and variety of film music from the great symphonic scores of the 1930s through today's rich mix of sounds and styles. The course will show how composers achieve their effects and highlight the work of many of the great masters of movie music, including Max Steiner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Danny Elfman, and many others. This multimedia course will include clips covering many well-known films and the stories of the music behind them.