Film Music
Class Meeting 7 3/19

Harvey Mudd College, Spring 2021

Materials needed for class meeting 7: Mar. 19, 2021

Materials for class:

Compare these corresponding sequences from the versions of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. To simplify the comparison, you may want to divide the clips into sections as we did before, but take notes as a group on the musical characteristics, differences, and dramatic effects:

2001: Main Title, Alex North version 2001: Main Title, final version (R. Strauss)
2001: Dawn of Man, Alex North version 1 2001: Dawn of Man, Alex North version 2 2001: Dawn of Man, final version
2001: Space Station, temp track (Mendelssohn) 2001: Space Station, Alex North version 2001: Space Station, final version (J. Strauss)
2001: Orion, Alex North version 2001: Orion, final version
2001: Moon trip, Alex North version 2001: Moon trip, final version (J. Strauss)
2001: Moon Bus, Alex North version 2001: Moon Bus, final version (Ligeti)

Again, as a group compare and take notes on these different versions from the film Alien.

Alien: Terrain-Craft, original version Alien: Terrain-Craft, final version
Alien: Hanging On, original version Alien: Hanging On, final version
Alien: The Shaft, original version Alien: The Shaft, final version
Alien: It's a Droid, original version Alien: It's a Droid, final version

In-class assignment 14, including Lecture 10: John Williams and the Return of Romanticism (19:13) and response on Sakai Forums.