4. The Murder, Psycho - Herrmann

melody

no discernible melody

verticalisation

Why is there no discernible melody?

chaos

no melody WL

Polymorphia, The Exorcist, Penderecki

Why is verticalisation used?

serialism technique

verticalisation WL

5 pieces for orchestra, Schoenberg

structure

motif repeated

What does the motif represent

murder/ result of murder

motivic writing in Psycho

Prelude

What does the Prelude motifs represent?

driving/escape

motivic writing WL

Prelude Tristan und Isolde, Wagener

Imperial March, Williams

What are the motifs in Tristan und Isolde?

Tristan chord

the glance

the love potion

rhythm

regular minims/crotchet

displacement

Why are minims/crotchets used

heart beating

stabs (mickey mousing)

mickey mousing WL

King Kong, Steiner

What parts are the displaced notes in?

bass and cello

Why is displacement used?

unsettling

displacement WL

The Killer Storm

What are displaced in The Killer Storm?

accented offbeats from the beat

tonality

atonal

Why is atonality usde?

scary

atonality WL

The Killer Storm, The Omen, Goldsmith

texture

homophony

sustained notes

Why is homophony used?

to emphasis the imagery of stabbing

homophony WL

Imperial March, Williams

What imagery does homophony help emphasise in Imperial March?

marching

What does the sustained notes represent?

flat lining

sustained notes = death WL

Blood Ritual, Badelt

harmony

chord clusters

tritone

Why are chord clusters used?

unease

chord clusters WL

Hyperspace, Williams

What is a tritone?

el diablo musica

aug 4th

tritone WL

Main Title, King Kong, Steiner

sonority

high strings

mutes taken off

Why are high string used?

scary

screaming

strings = screaming WL

Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshiman, Penderecki

Where is the only place mutes are taken off?

The Murder

Why are mutes taken off?

harsher, louder sound

use of mutes WL

Firebird Finale, Stravinsky