MUSIC 2F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Merry Men, Bassoon, French Horn
16 Mar 2017
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Steiner wrote a score to ensure people screamed when they should instead laugh. Worried that it would be a flop. Particularly from our perspective, we see max steiner reinventing film music all of the rules are embedded and said already: but max is deadass inventing that shit. The introduction is just 3 notes it has large impact. Academy awards the year after king kong, was the first time they gave awards to best original score. Won academy award for best original score . Set in ireland was still with england, in the middle of this battle of independence. Other notable films: gone with the wind (1939); casablanca (1942); a summer place (1959) Most of his important work is during 1930 early 1950s: looking at 1930s one is max steiner, and the other is eric wolfgang korngold. 1930s: sound film develops many of the conventions that will define it.
