herrmann - the city

when is ‘the city’ played in the film?

after the credits, as the camera pans over the city and into the hotel room

what is the intention of this cue?

mundane, claustrophobic, hostile, foreboding

texture (3)

homophonic, homorhythmic block chords, octave doubling

structure 3

based on variations of the first 3 bars, use of retrograde (4 and 5 reverse 1 and 2), lower strings join in bar 3 but drop out at various points

harmony 5

dim 7th b1-2, half dim chords (D to Eb), added 6ths, lack of cadences, cluster chords

tonality 4

atonal, ambiguous, limited pitch range of ab, b f and eb to create a unifying sound, ends with a dim 7th

sonority 4

8-part divisi, arco, high tessitura in upper strings, con sord

melody 4

beigns w a descending figure, next phrase is a retrograde response, pattern ascends and descends, repetition

AO4 melody

repetition creates a mundane and claustrophobic feeling, dissonance is foreboding

tempo, rhythm and metre 4

common time, slow tempo, homorhythmic, brief silences created through quaver rests