The Rise and Fall From Grace

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The Rise and Fall from Grace Instrumentation (4)

• Starts with “comical” new theme in pizz cellos + basses

• Harp gliss → high pitched violins as Catwoman on screen. Beneath these, the Penguin’s theme in harp + organ in octaves.  

• Jokey accordion solo b20, with music relating to Penguin’s theme.  

• Celesta at b30 onwards reminds us of BOAP P1. 

The Rise and Fall from Grace Melody (6)

• Starts with “comical” new theme in cellos + basses

• Penguin theme played in “jarring” 8ves by harp + organ b8. 

• Marimba + harp play ↑ echoey version of Penguin theme b17 as they’re in a cave. 

• Motif 2 (falling 3^rd) celeste b30, pompous new theme in Cm appears b47  

• Descending melodic material played b49 by low strings as they descend the stairs.  

• Strings + vibes contrary motion b51. 

The Rise and Fall from Grace Texture (2)

• Homophonic throughout- clearer- possibly reflecting how Shreck may be acting as he visits Penguin.  

• Penguin theme played in 3 octaves b20 

The Rise and Fall from Grace RMT (2)

• Strings tremolo b53 

• b31 Time sig change from 4 4 → 3 4 as Max pulls out fish to lure Penguin 

The Rise and Fall from Grace Dynamics

• Mostly p throughout, showing how Shreck wants to lure Penguin down stairs, with loudest dynamic= f, quietest = ppp (b41 “contrasting” dim from f to ppp)  

• Ends on a cresc from p to ff in half a bar. 

The Rise and Fall from Grace Harmony/Tonality

• Starts Cm, with “comical” pizz cello

• New Cm theme at b47. b50-52, music based on “unsettling” whole tone scale before music ends in a triumphant Cmaj- Picardy 3^rd.   

• Waltz like accompaniment b20 as circus troupe appear  

• “Confusing” C5 chord b26 (ambiguous tonality)

• “Shocking” cluster chord b8