Korngold: Violin Concerto From Film to Concert Stage Though spending the vast majority of his career writing classical concert works, Erich Korngold is best known for his contributions to the Hollywood film industry. He virtually recreated the role of music in film by treating it as opera, using Leitmotif (musical identities for major characters) and pitching the music in a range similar to the actors’ speaking voices. The Violin Concerto is based on themes he had previously written for four of his film scores: Another Dawn, Juarez, Anthony Adverse, and The Prince and the Pauper. What makes a “Hollywood” sound? Ask your students to describe Hollywood film music. How is it different from music for the concert stage? Similar? Does film music have to sound different? Why or why not? Film music plays an important and complex role in the finished product. A film score must be able to add emotional support to a variety of situations. For this, most composers choose to have use of a full orchestra so that the maximum number of sound combinations are available to them. What instruments or combinations do your students think might best suit a flying scene? Making a wish? A celebration? Try an activity! Create a Classroom Concerto	Philharmonic On-The-Air AOL Time Warner Presents: The New York Philharmonic Live! Korngold: Violin Concerto From Film to Concert Stage