Movie Music Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A retro film playlist includes the Bee Gees recording “Stayin' Alive.” Which movie is most directly associated with it?
Saturday Night Fever
Grease
Flashdance
Footloose
2. In the 2018 film A Star Is Born, which fictional pair performs “Shallow”?
Sophie and Sky
Ally and Jackson Maine
Mia and Sebastian
Roxie and Billy Flynn
3. A song's lyrics promise dependable friendship through every challenge. In which film would you hear Randy Newman's “You've Got a Friend in Me”?
Toy Story
Cars
Shrek
Monsters, Inc.
4. A Disney song's lyrics encourage its characters to put worries aside and embrace a problem-free philosophy. Which song is it?
The Bare Necessities
Hakuna Matata
Under the Sea
Be Our Guest
5. Which composer created the scores for both Inception and Interstellar?
Hans Zimmer
Alan Silvestri
Howard Shore
Alexandre Desplat
6. You hear the delicate, bell-like keyboard opening of “Hedwig's Theme” from the Harry Potter films. Which instrument creates that signature sound?
Celesta
Harpsichord
Vibraphone
Glockenspiel
7. A suspense scene uses an alternating two-note motif to suggest that a shark is approaching. Who composed the famous score that established this sound in Jaws?
Bernard Herrmann
Jerry Goldsmith
John Williams
Hans Zimmer
8. At a movie-music concert, “The Imperial March” is accidentally placed in an Indiana Jones medley. To which film does the piece actually belong?
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Superman
Jurassic Park
9. Who performs the famous rain-soaked solo built around the title song in Singin' in the Rain?
Donald O'Connor
Fred Astaire
Debbie Reynolds
Gene Kelly
10. Which film features Céline Dion's ballad “My Heart Will Go On” as its signature song?
The Bodyguard
Ghost
Titanic
Pearl Harbor
11. Which singer recorded the hit version of “I Will Always Love You” heard in The Bodyguard?
Mariah Carey
Whitney Houston
Diana Ross
Tina Turner
12. In which film did Judy Garland first perform “Over the Rainbow”?
Meet Me in St. Louis
Easter Parade
The Wizard of Oz
A Star Is Born
13. In Casablanca, Rick asks the pianist Sam to play the song associated with his past relationship with Ilsa. Which song is it?
Cheek to Cheek
Blue Moon
Night and Day
As Time Goes By
14. An editor is recreating Rocky Balboa's Philadelphia training montage, including his run up the museum steps. Which song belongs with that sequence?
Eye of the Tiger
Burning Heart
The Final Countdown
Gonna Fly Now
15. Which film introduced Audrey Hepburn's performance of “Moon River”?
Roman Holiday
Charade
Breakfast at Tiffany's
An American in Paris
16. Who composed the distinctive theme for the Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?
Nino Rota
Elmer Bernstein
Maurice Jarre
Ennio Morricone