| Office: | Fox Fine Arts Center, Room M432 |
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| Office Phone: | (915) 747-7800 |
| E-mail: | CHARLESL@UTEP.EDU |
| Office Hours: | T and R 1000AM-1030AM, 1130AM-1200PM, and 200PM-300PM, or by appointment |
| Textbooks: | Roy M. Prendergast: Film Music: A Neglected Art (Required) |
| Charles Leinberger: Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Film Score Guide (Required) |
| Royal S. Brown: Overtones and Undertones (Optional, on reserve at UTEP Library) |
| Kate Daubney: Max Steiner's Now, Voyager: A Film Score Guide (Optional, on Reserve at the UTEP Music Lab) |
| Claudia Gorbman: Unheard Melodies (Optional, on reserve at UTEP Library) |
| Randall D. Larson: Musique Fantastique (Optional, on reserve at UTEP Library) |
| Christopher Palmer: The Composer in Hollywood (Optional, on reserve at UTEP Library) |
| Jeff Smith: The Sounds of Commerce (Optional, on reserve at UTEP Library) |
| Tony Thomas: Music for the Movies 2nd edition (Optional, on reserve at UTEP Library) |
| Prerequisite: | MUST 2112 and 2314 each with a grade of “C” or better and a passing grade on the Upper Division Music Theory Advancement Exam |
| Course Description: | An upper level course which exposes the student to a wide variety of traditional and contemporary analytical and compositional topics.
Intended for theory/composition majors, but may be taken by all upper level music students.
May be taken for graduate credit with the approval of the graduate advisor. |
| Course Goal: | To provide the student with the theoretical knowledge and skills needed for success in a career in music performance, education, or composition. |
| Course Objective: |
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Understand and appreciate the role of music in cinema as both craft and art;
- Understand the unique challenges that composing for film presents;
- View a film with a critical ear for the film score and not as a passive viewer;
- Appreciate the contributions to the art by those who compose for both Hollywood films and foreign films.
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| Week |
Dates |
Topic |
Reading |
Screening |
Test |
| 1 |
January 16 |
History |
Prendergast: Chapters 1-4 |
None, Read Syllabus - Send E-mail |
None |
| 2 |
January 23, 25 |
Aesthetics |
Prendergast: Chapters 6-7 |
Music for the Movies (Hollywood Sound) |
None |
| 3 |
January 30, February 1 |
Technique |
Prendergast: Chapter 8 |
Laura (1944) |
None |
| 4 |
February 6, 8 |
Contemporary Techniques and Tools |
Prendergast: Chapters 10-12 |
Music for the Movies (Herrmann) |
None |
| 5 |
February 13 |
Midterm 1 |
None |
None |
Midterm 1 |
| 6 |
February 20, 22 |
Bernard Herrmann |
Brown: pp. 289-93, Larson: pp. 109-28, Palmer: pp. 234-293, Thomas: pp. 186-94 |
Citizen Kane (1941) |
None |
| 7 |
February 27, 29 |
Max Steiner |
Gorbman: pp. 70-98, Daubney: pp. 13-30, 45-55, Larson: pp. 8-15, Palmer: pp. 15-50, Thomas: pp. 141-59, Leinberger: Handout 1 |
Now, Voyager (1942) |
None |
| 8 |
March 5, 7 |
John Barry |
Brown: pp. 322-333, Larson: pp. 317-21, Smith: pp. 100-30,
Leinberger: Handout 2 |
Goldfinger (1964) |
None |
| 9 |
March 12, 14 |
Ennio Morricone |
Leinberger: Chapter 5 |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) |
None |
| 10 |
March 19 |
Midterm 2 |
None |
None |
Midterm 2 |
| SB |
March 24-28 |
Spring Break |
None |
None |
None |
| 11 |
April 2, 4 |
Ennio Morricone |
Leinberger: Chapters 1-2 |
The Mission (1989) |
None |
| 12 |
April 9, 11 |
Ennio Morricone |
Leinberger: Chapters 3-4 |
Malèna (2000) |
None |
| 13 |
April 16, 18 |
John Williams |
Larson: pp. 293-304 |
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) |
None |
| 14 |
April 23, 25 |
Jerry Goldsmith |
Larson: pp. 251-65, Thomas: pp. 284-91 |
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) |
None |
| 15 |
April 30 |
Review for Final |
None |
None |
None |
| Finals |
May 10 |
None |
None |
None |
Final |
The following policies apply to all of Dr. Leinberger's classes:
- Attendance will be taken within the first five minutes of class.
If a student arrives to class after attendance has been taken, it is the student's responsibility to notify the instructor of their presence after class.
Students arriving after attendance has been taken will receive half of the attendance points for that class meeting.
Students attending a section in which they are not enrolled will receive no attendance points.
- In addition to losing attendance points for missed classes, a student's final grade will be lowered for excessive unexcused tardiness and absenteeism.
For a MWF class, the student's grade will be lowered one letter grade after the first 9 unexcused absences plus one additional letter grade for every 6 subsequent unexcused absences.
For a TR class, the student's grade will be lowered one letter grade after the first 6 unexcused absences plus one additional letter grade for every 4 subsequent unexcused absences.
Each unexcused tardy is counted as one half of an unexcused absence.
- Assignments: Late assignments may be submitted up to seven calendar days (168 hours) after the original due date for 50% of their original point value.
After seven calendar days, late assignments may still be submitted, but for no point value.
It is strongly suggested that students keep old assignments and quizzes until after final grades have been submitted.
Old assignments, if not picked up by the student in class, will be placed in the tray on the instructor's office door.
- Students are encouraged to work together on assignments, however, each student must submit written assignments in their own handwriting, in pencil, unless otherwise instructed.
Photocopied answers, including answers to assignments discussed in class, are not permitted.
Assignments that include photocopied answers will be forwarded to the Dean of Students Office for disciplinary action.
- All electronic devices, including MP3 players, cellular telephones, and pagers, must be turned off or in silent mode during class.
Exceptions will be made for parents of small children and expectant fathers.
- Students may not wear headphones of any kind during class.
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