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The Immigrant - Original Score, Jared Lane
The Immigrant - Original Score, Jared Lane
Master's Theses
On April 9th, 2022, The Immigrant – Original Score was premiered in front of a live audience in Milne Auditorium on the campus of the University of Northern Colorado with thirteen performers and Jared Lane conducting. This new score was written for Charlie Chaplin’s 1917 film The Immigrant.1 While this score was written to encompass the spirit of Chaplin’s film, it was also intended to introduce this one-hundred-year-old film to modern audiences. The Immigrant – Original Score embodies a synthesis of the music of Chaplin’s day and modern film scoring techniques.
The Kid - Original Score, Daniel Wakefield
The Kid - Original Score, Daniel Wakefield
Master's Theses
The Kid – Original Score is a new musical underscore composed for the Charlie Chaplin silent film The Kid, released in 1921. This new musical score is composed for a twenty-five- piece orchestra, consisting of woodwinds, brass, percussion, piano, and strings. The music begins during the opening credits with the titular card “The Kid” and extends twenty-three seconds beyond the final on-screen card “The End,” for a total of fifty-two minutes and forty-eight seconds of underscore. The music is composed in an orchestral style that recalls stylistic elements of the film scores of the early 20th century, while also incorporating …
Musical Narrative And Cultural Context In The Animated Miniseries Over The Garden Wall, Chloe Resler
Musical Narrative And Cultural Context In The Animated Miniseries Over The Garden Wall, Chloe Resler
Master's Theses
Over the Garden Wall, a television miniseries that aired in 2014 on Cartoon Network, is a distinctly American fantasy in the young adult genre. It is comprised of ten episodes, each set in a different historical period. The music of the series was written and performed by The Blasting Company and drew from a variety of historical influences, including Sacred Harp singing, ragtime, early jazz, Stephen Foster, Balkan folk music, and classic cartoons. The music serves several purposes throughout the miniseries: it helps set each episode in its respective historical period, aids in character development, and moves the narrative forward. …
Composing Mortality: The Voice Of Death In The Music Of Frédéric Chopin, Jessica Castleberry
Composing Mortality: The Voice Of Death In The Music Of Frédéric Chopin, Jessica Castleberry
Master's Theses
The constant presence of mortality in Frédéric Chopin’s life, writings, and music resulted in his obsessive fascination with death, informed both by his individual experiences and cultural milieu. Through topical analysis of the programmatic, texted, and operatic repertoire of the nineteenth century, a body of musical gestures used to depict the varying aspects of mortality can be codified into a single style––the macabre style. This codification allows for a historically informed hearing of the instrumental repertoire of composers such as Chopin. Analyzing Chopin’s works that directly evoke the foundational genres of the style, the funeral march and lament, provides a …