Editing Program music (section)

===Motion picture soundtrack===
Influenced by the late Romantic work of [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], [[Ottorino Respighi]], [[Richard Strauss]], and others, motion picture soundtrack took up the banner of programmatic music following the advent of "talkies". Many film composers, including [[Paul Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]], [[Ennio Morricone]], and [[John Williams]] (whose 1977 [[Star Wars (soundtrack)|''Star Wars'' soundtrack]] redefined the symphonic movie score) have followed the programmatic model and solidified motion picture soundtrack as its own programmatic genre. Music's power for pictorial suggestion may be said to have culminated in [[Walt Disney]]'s 1940 film ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]''. Disney gave us, too, the term [[Mickey Mousing]], used to describe scores that mimic too obviously the movements of nature. The music of [[Max Steiner]], for instance, often lauded for its uncanny sound-image synchronization, has also been assailed for being too "Mickey Mouse".