"Classic Movie Tribute"--Elective Project

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This project is a combination of songs and quotes from some of my favorite classic movies. Here's the order of songs & quotes:
--20th Century Fox fanfare and MGM Lion Roar
--theme song to Gone With the Wind played on piano, quote from Scarlett, quote from Mami, quote from Rhett
--quote from Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant (Philadelphia Story)
--quote from Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday)
--2 quotes from Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca)
--Audrey Hepburn singing "Moon River" and quotes from her, "Moon River" by Henry Mancini, quote from Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
--"Que Sera Sera" sung by Doris Day (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
--quote (Miracle on 34th Street)
--theme song and quote from James Stewart (Vertigo)
--screeching (Psycho) and quote from Wicked Witch (Wizard of Oz)
--theme song (North by Northwest)
--quote from Judy Garland (Wizard of Oz)
--quote from James Stewart (It's a Wonderful Life)
--quote from James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause)
--quote from Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird)
--quote from Clarence, James Stewart, and little girl (It's a Wonderful Life)
--quote from Scarlett and Rhett (Gone With the Wind) and closing music from Gone With the Wind. :-)

Here's a sample from my finale project.

Finale Project-"Joy to the World!"

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Pink Floyd--Nancy Sinatra mash-up

Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony, mvt. 1" from the original Fantasia

"Alice in Floyd Time"

This is my Audacity project. If you like Pink Floyd or the Disney movie Alice in Wonderland, you would like this. :-)


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"Aquarius" from Hair

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1. I created my composition by applying my favorite type of music with some world music that I thought was interesting. I started out by searching for a classic rock feel, so chose a blues/rock piano and added a couple light guitar sounds (I forget what they were called). Then I added the bass for a couple measures. Along with this, I put in an Eastern world stringed instrument called "santoor" at the end of this section. For the next section, I decided to do something totally different by having all Indian/Asian music (and kept the santoor going). The last section goes back to a classic rock feel with the guitar and drums, and fades out to the end. To get all these instruments and sounds, I just searched for them and made sure they all lined up.
2. I didn't have very many challenges composing the piece, but had a lot of technical problems. My computer wouldn't save my piece, so for a couple of class periods, I had to re-write my piece and send them to Odeo so I could have something saved. If I would have brought my travel drive to class, I would have been better off. It also took me awhile to figure out how to import the composition to I-tunes and then to Odeo and my blog. I figured it out in the end, though.
3. If I had more time, I would make my piece longer by adding on to the sections in my piece and maybe adding something new. I would also make things better, such as balance between parts and having smoother transitions between sections. I think this would make it sound better.
4. Due to my technical problems, I didn't have any time to play around with adding some keyboard sounds or speaking parts. I would like to learn this, and how to add in more instruments, such as the violin or bassoon.
5. I would like for my classmates to give input on whatever they think would make the piece sound better, keeping in mind that creativity plays an important role. :-)

this is my song


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