Ghostbusters Theme

Composed and performed by Ray Parker Jr.

 

Watch the video, then complete the following with answers from the word bank:

The Ghostbusters theme song was composed by Ray Parker Jr. in 1984.

This song is an example of a theme song, which is music written specially for a movie.

The song went to number one on the music charts.

The primary instruments in this song include electric guitar, bass guitar, drums and keyboards.

The musical element that describes loud and soft sounds is called dynamics.

The driving rhythm comes from the drums and bass guitar.
A type of keyboard instrument that is good at making spooky sounds is the synthesiser.

 
 
 
 

  • Word Bankkeyboards
  • rhythm
  • one
  • theme
  • composed
  • guitar
  • bass
  • synthesiser
  • dynamics