Film Music Wider Listening

Name 10 wider listening pieces for film music.

1. 'Gremlins' - Jerry Goldsmith
2. 'Dracula' - Wojciech Kilar
3. 'Superman/Star Wars' - John Williams
4. 'POTA' - Jerry Goldsmith
5. ' Edward Scissorhands' - Danny Elfman
6. 'Pan's Labyrinth' - Javier Navarrete
7. 'Nightmare Before Christmas' - Danny Elfman
8. 'The Omen' - Jerry Goldsmith
9. 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' - Danny Elfman
10. 'Jaws' - John Williams

The Hunt

- Relentless semiquavers (throughout).
- Narrow, 12-tone piano ostinati (beginning). (•Serial/12-tone approach)
-Fragmented melodies = unsettling, panic
•Disjunct melodic lines = sense of panic
•Chromaticism

- Mutes, false harmonics, glissandi + timpani rolls (throughout).
- Driving ostinati rhythms are layered creating polyphony (the climax of the piece).
-The piece is not atonal but based around articulated pedal C - the C is used like an anchor.
- The tonality switches more to G when the piano riff moves from being based around C to G.
--There is a homophonic texture at the start.
-The harmony throughout contains a lot of dissonance. This helps to create panic which is what the audience would be feeling as they see the humans being hunted by apes.

Schlinders list

- conjunct and disjunvt , sighing falliing intervals = sad
- solo violin ( has countermelody and cor analysis takes melody is 2nd section)
- melody dom homophony -> contrapuntal
- little rhythmic variation
- legato and not many string techniques used- contrast Hermann aggressive use of violin

the omen 'broken vows' Jerry GoldSmith

- Suspense motifs thought to be influenced by herman's motifs in violins in Psycho
- Choirs singing in Latin create unease = religious damnation (Satanic version of Gregorian chant -highly chromatic -use of glissandi
-repeated, obsessive notes
- several motifs at the same time (=Stravinsky)
-very low to very high pitch
- Dissonant clusters and tritones (out of place with choir = antichrist)
- Atonality
- Polyphony
- Syncopated chords
- Glissandi in vocals

'Edward Scissorhands' - Danny Elfman (5 points)

Edward Scissorhands - 'Ice Dance':
- Childlike celeste, high strings and syllabic choir countermelodies (beginning).
- Glissandi and harp flourishes (end of the piece).
- Unprepared modulations (throughout).
- Sustained string notes (throughout).
- Arpeggiated melodic fragments return (throughout).
- wordless choir
( scene , snow falling as edward shaves the ice sculpture)

Dracula Philip Glass

- String quartet - reflects the chamber setting of "libraries and drawing rooms and gardens"
- Uses trills to evoke eeriness Staccato strings
- Chromatic ambiguous sense of key Music for aesthetic not closely accompanying film action
- Suspense built with rising arpeggio figures reaching a sudden shrill ending

John Williams Imperial March

Link to Batman theme (rising fourth) and Penguin theme (tragic, centres on one note) +
- Military type scoring (techniques from BOAP Part 2):
- Use of leitmotif (known as Darth Vader theme, characterised by brass playing).
- Also has different musical themes to represent each character/group e.g.
- The Rebels.Military scoring = triplets, ostinatos, fanfares, brass and percussion instruments (timpani and trumpets), use of a fifth.

'Star Wars' - John Williams (4 points)

Star Wars - 'Imperial March':
- Brass, fanfare timbres
- Perfect 5th leaps - starts with 5th leap heroic
- Minor keys dominate
- 'Superhero' elements

'Dracula' - Wojciech Kilar (5 points)

Dracula - 'The Beginning':
- Heavy, low brass timbres (throughout).
- Triplet rhythmic pattern creates military-style effect (after the climax).
- Swelling dynamics (when the choir enters).
- Rising sequential pattern (the intro to the climax).
- Timpani rolls build tension (the build).

The Gremlin Rag - Jerry Goldsmith (5 points)

Gremlins - 'The Gremlin Rag':
- Humorously chaotic atmosphere (throughout).
- Synthesized sounds mimic the voices of gremlins (throughout). - other wordlery atmosphere sci-fi)
- Persistent quavers (throughout).
- 'Oom-pah' ostinati (throughout).
- Syncopations are at the heart of the melody (opening melody).