FILM MUSIC - THE LION KING

Listening
1.a) In the following extract (played once only), tick the box which best represents what
you hear:
 unaccompanied solo voice
 unaccompanied choir
 solo voice. accompanied by male choir
 solo voice accompanied by female choir (1)

b) Listen to this extract from later in the song. From the following list, tick only 3 boxes. You
will hear the extract twice.
 ostinato  syncopation
 alto solo  soprano solo
 brass  tenor solo
 minor  compound time (3)

c) You will now the first verse of the song twice. Underline the word in the song lyrics where
the chord changes. The two chord changes on the first line have already been done as an
example:
From the day we arrived on the planet,
And blinking, stepped into the sun, (2)
There's more to see than could ever be seen, (2)
More to do than could ever be done. (2) (6)

2. ) Here are 5 statements about the next excerpt of music. Your task is to put them in order
in which you first hear them. You will hear it three times. The statements are:
1. time signature change (compound  simple)
2. fp then crescendo
3. brass and strings in unison
4. time signature change (simple  compound)
5. drums and choir enter
The correct order is: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (5)

3. ) Tick 3 boxes from the list of musical concepts below which you hear in this excerpt
(played twice):
 modulates to new key  pentatonic scale
 compound time signature  3 beats in a bar
 walking bass  glissando
 major  minor (3)
4.) Looking at the statements in the box below, write the appropriate number in the box
next to the text where you hear that concept in the music. You will hear the song twice.
1. DISCORDANT VOCAL NOTE 5. PIZZICATO
2. DIALOGUE + SOLO XYLOPHONE 6. TREBLE VOICE ENTERS
3. SOLO VIOLIN 7. HUMAN TRUMPET
4. HARP GLISSANDO

Hakuna Matata!
What a wonderful phrase
Hakuna Matata!
Ain’t no passing craze
It means no worries
For the rest of your days
It’s our problem free philosophy
Hakuna Matata!

When he was a young warthog

When I was a young warthog
He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal
He could clear the savannah after ev’ry meal
I’m a sensitive soul though I seem thick-skinned
And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind

And oh the shame

Thoughta changin’ my name
And I got downhearted
Ev’ry time that I . . . - Pumba, not in front of the kids
Sorry!

Hakuna Matata!
What a wonderful phrase
Hakuna Matata!
Ain’t no passing craze
It means no worries
For the rest of you days
It’s out problem free philosophy
Hakuna Matata!

Instrumental break

It means no worries
For the rest of your days
It’s our problem free philosophy
Hakuna Matata! (repeat) (7)

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 FILM MUSIC - JAMES BOND
Listening
1. Describe the tune heard at the very beginning. (Mention pitch, patterns, etc.):
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2. Tick which instrument is playing the melody heard next:

 cello  oboe
 horn  tuba

3. The scale heard at the beginning does not continue throughout the whole piece. Describe what
happens in the music when the scale stops. Choose one from:
a) strings, playing fast repetitive notes
b) strings, playing pizzicato
c) strings, playing slow chords
d) brass, playing slow chords

4. When the strings all play one long note in unison, describe what and how the brass instruments
are playing. (Your answer should include reference to dynamics, melody / harmony and rhythm.)
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5. a) The musical idea in question 3 returns, and the extract ends with an eerie-sounding solo on
the:
 cello  oboe
 viola  flute

b) The name of this technique is:

 col legno  con sordino
 flutter-tonguing  double-stopping

6. Give a brief description of the scene you might imagine to which this music could be set. For
each detail of your scene say what in the music gives you that idea.
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