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The first film with music incorporated was called The Jazz Dancer

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When films were silent there was no sound at all in cinemas, because soundtracks didn't exist yet. 

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Scott Joplin was a famous composer from . He was born in a family. He became famous because he wrote lots of music. It was used for silent films.  He was born about 1867. Before, his father was a who was given freedom, he was poor and he couldn´t pay for music lessons for his son Scott,  but the boy was lucky and a local music teacher gave him free lessons. He had a lot of talent and his music was made famous when it was used for a film called The Sting, which won an   

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Scott Joplin wrote a type of music called “ ”, which became very popular and was often used for films. He was born about 1867 (we don´t know the for sure). His father was an ex-slave and the family was poor, but Joplin was lucky and a local music teacher gave him free lessons. Most black children at that time didn´t have that type of . He had a lot of talent and wrote music which became popular. He when he was than 50 years old and was buried in a poor person´s grave which was not marked until 57 years later, when his music was made very famous in the film “The Sting”, which won the Oscar for film.

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Who wrote the music for Chariots of Fire? 

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John Williams

Prokofiev

Maurice Jarre

Vangelis

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What film did the Herman brothers write music for? 

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Out of Africa 

Mary Poppins

Doctor Zhivago

Jaws

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Which of the following films haven´t got a score written by John Williams? 

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Jaws

Gone with the Wind 

The Pink Panther

Star Wars 

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