Film Music GCSE-style Listening Questions

A booklet of 10 GCSE-style Listening Questions to support Area of Study:

 “Film Music”

·               Pupil answer booklet

·               Teacher mark scheme

·               Accompanying audio tracks

·               Includes two longer prose-style response questions

·               Includes music from video games and the Western Classical tradition

The Musical Contexts GCSE Music Study and Revision Guide for Film Music

·               Newly updated for Eduqas, OCR and Edexcel GCSE Music - ideal for online, distance or home learning and revision.

·               Sections on Video Game Music (to support OCR), Minimalist Techniques in Film Music (to support Eduqas) and a Cast Study of Main Theme/Rebel Blockade Runner from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - John Williams (to support Edexcel).

·               Includes questions and think prompts.

·               QR Codes take pupils directly to YouTube videos, recordings and performances of film music to access form their own (online) digital devices alongside listening questions.

·               Annotated score examples highlighting musical features and how the Elements of Music are used in a range of film music.

·               Word walls consolidating key musical terms and vocabulary.

·               Available as an MS-Word format HERE.

Film Music - Knowledge Organisers

These five “all-on-one-page” Knowledge Organisers consolidate the information and key musical facts found in the Musical Contexts GCSE Music Study and Revision Guide for Film Music making for easier revision and can be used as wall posters, fact sheets or “table mats” when revising for the Listening Examination. 

They provide all underpinning knowledge for The Purpose of Film Music, History of Film Music, How Film Music is Produced, Musical Features of Film Music and Video Game Music and Film Music Composers and their Soundtracks.

Film Music Knowledge Organisers

For a wealth of further resources to support the Area of Study - “Film Music”, please see the following Musical Contexts Secondary/Key Stage 3 unit - “Soundtracks”

And other resources to support the “Video Game Music” section can be found in the Musical Contexts Secondary/Key Stage 3 unit - “Computer and Video Game Music”

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