Question

This film has an “oppositional score,” according to Emilio Audissino’s 2014 monograph on its composer. By release date, this is the earliest film in a musical catalog by Frank Lehman. This film’s title theme is scored in B-flat major so as to transition out of the 20th Century (10[1])Fox fanfare, which this film revived. About five minutes into this film, a solo horn introduces the following G minor motif: a leap up from D to a long G, (10[1])then an A, (10[1])then the three notes (10[1])B-flat, C, B-flat. (10[1]-5[1])This film uses a (10[1])Rhodes piano, ARP synthesizer, and steel drum to augment an onscreen wind ensemble meant to be a futuristic take (10[2])on 1930s (10[1])Benny Goodman swing. (10[1])This film’s title theme resembles (10[2])Korngold’s theme to Kings Row, (10[1]-5[1])and is followed by so-called (10[1]-5[1])“Holst chords” based on the (10[1])“Mars” movement. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this (10[1])1977 space opera (10[1])scored by John Williams. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Star Wars [or Star Wars IV; or Episode IV – A New Hope; or Episode IV: A New Hope; reject other Star Wars episodes]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y24100%0%13%118.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonChicago APurdue4710
Nathan ZhangCornell AColumbia A7710
Sky LiToronto AJohns Hopkins8010
Justin WytmarIllinoisBerkeley A8410
John John GrogerColumbia BClaremont Colleges8710
Shardul RaoMinnesota ANorth Carolina A87-5
Danny HanPennToronto B9110
Mattias EhatammWaterlooStanford11010
Joseph ChambersVirginiaRutgers11010
Ben SterlingYale BWUSTL B11210
Robert CondronChicago BTexas11510
Conor ThompsonIowa StateBrown12010
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltChicago D12010
Matthew SiffYale AMaryland12510
Jakob MyersIndianaWUSTL A125-5
Yared TadesseCornell BTruman State130-5
Ashish SubramanianDukeArizona State13010
Owen MimnoNYUGeorgia Tech13510
Andrew KelleyKentuckyChicago C13710
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BHarvard13710
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaMinnesota B13910
Todd MaslykMichiganNorthwestern14010
Adrian WongOttawaFlorida14210
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BMcGill14510
Fred GarveyTruman StateCornell B14910
Charles HangWUSTL AIndiana15010
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AMinnesota A15010