MUS 250 GE: American Movie Music

This course emphasizes and explores the connection of American music to film via exceptional American composed scores and the use of American popular music. Basic musical terms and concepts will be applied toward communication about music as sound, and music’s relation to the visual aspects of movies. Films will be experienced from not only an auditory perspective, but also from the perspective of American culture and sociology, analyzing American music’s effect on many aspects of a film.

Credits

3 credits

Prerequisite

MUS100 OR CMST163

Distribution

GE: Humanities - Fine Arts; Advanced

Notes

130-UG Level 3 Intermed/Advanc