A level Music Revision - Elfman

Question 1

Melody

Answer 1

Leitmotifs for characters
Batman: Brass
Penguin: Theatrical use of organ
Catwoman: Sighing idea
Circus Motif

Question 2

Harmony

Answer 2

Pedal notes (BoaP 1 – bar 1-2)
Use of whole-tone scale (BvtC – bar 43)
Use of open chords/bare fifths (BoaP 1 – bar 47)
Diminished 7
th (BvtC – bar 34)
Dominant seventh (BoaP 1 – bar 45)
Chromatic shifts
Parallel chords

Question 3

Tonality

Answer 3

Use of mostly minor keys throughout
Unprepared modulations of keys
Plagal cadence (BoaP1 – bars 2-3)
Tritone/augmented fourth (BvtC – bar 74).
Tertiary relationship between keys and chords (BvtC – bars 10–11)

Question 4

Texture

Answer 4

Constantly changing
Use of layering (BvtC – bars 1-6)
Octaves (BoaP 1 – bars 22–25)
Rare monophony (RffG 1st three beats)
Melody driven homophony (BoaP 2 – bars 77–78)
Polyphonic texture.
Homophony (Final two bars)

Question 5

Rhythm + Metre

Answer 5

Use of augmentation (BoaP 1 – bar 7)
Use of diminution (BoaP2 bar 27)
Constant changing of time signature (BvtC bars 22-25)
Use of ostinati (BoaP 2 – bar 14)
Cross-rhythms (BoaP2 bar 16)
Syncopation (BvtC – bars 4–5)
Triplets (BoaP 2 – bar 25)
Sextuplets (BvtC – bar 69)
Rhythmic displacement (BvtC – bars 92–93).

Question 6

Sonority

Answer 6

Arco
Pizzicato
Use of tremolando bowing
Glissandi (smooth slides) between notes
Con Sord
Oboe extreme vibrato
Horns stopped
Trumpet extreme lip trill
Cymbal and timpani roll
Flutter tonging
Snare drum with snares off
Percussion rolls.

Question 7

Structure

Answer 7

BoaP1:
BoaP2:
Batman vs the Circus:
The Rise and Fall from Grace: