Write a 6 page, double-spaced (12 point font) essay answering the following two questions, using as many examples from the class note (see attachment) and readings (see attachments). A successful paper will correctly use the vocabulary of television music studies and draw upon a variety of examples.
1. Describe the benefits of an orchestral score, using examples from From the Earth to the Moon (you will need to Youtube this) Babylon 5, and Beauty And The Beast, “Once Upon a Time (this is a TV show, not the kids’ movie). What sorts of specific things can those scores do that either a pop or a jazz score couldn’t do? Use at least three examples from the programs themselves. Is there a connection between the orchestral score and the new “golden age” of television (as described by Alexander Nehamas, Serious Watching reading – attached)
2. How did Jazz scores change the way television was scored? Compare and contrast several examples of jazz scoring and pop scoring in television. How are they the same? How are they different? Again, use specific examples from Peter Gunn, “The Frog,” and Johnny Staccato, “The Shop of the Four Winds” (Youtube these episodes)
For Jazz scores – reference the following Jazz music composers: Elmer Bernstein (wrote music for Johnny Staccato show) and Henry Mancini (who wrote the music for Peter Gunn)
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