Batman Part 1

Question 1

Texture

Answer 1

Ominous homophonic texture

Question 2

Who’s the bad guy

Answer 2

The penguin

Question 3

Which key are we in

Answer 3

F minor

Question 4

Which theme is heard in b.1-2

Answer 4

Batman

Question 5

AO4 for cymbal roll

Answer 5

Threatening

Question 6

Instrumentation

Answer 6

Orchestra
Synths
Organ
Piano
Choir

Question 7

From b.2-3, what cadence is heard

Answer 7

Plagal

Question 8

The choir and violins play in…

Answer 8

Octaves

Question 9

Atmosphere in the opening

Answer 9

Gothic

Question 10

The instruments play a range of

Answer 10

4 octaves

Question 11

First 2 bars are in.. (key)

Answer 11

Bb minor

(Dark)

Question 12

Bar 3 we are in which key

Answer 12

F minor

Question 13

In b. 7 (after the choir has sung “ah”, which key are we in

Answer 13

A minor

Question 14

Harmony at the very beginning

Answer 14

Subdominant pedal

Question 15

The …. Dynamics represent the…

Answer 15

Swelling

Snow falling

Question 16

In bar 3, which percussion instruments are heard

Answer 16

Tam tam and tubular bells

Question 17

In b.3, the extremely low tessitura is playing which theme

Answer 17

The penguin theme

Question 18

What’s happening on the screen in b.3

Answer 18

We see the Cobblepot manor

Question 19

The harp glissando in b.6 announces

Answer 19

An unexpected key change to A minor

Question 20

A minor key in b. 7 produces a…atmosphere. Suggesting that the….

Answer 20

Demonic

Penguin is evil

Question 21

In terms of tempo markings,every time a new idea ends there is a

Answer 21

Rit

Question 22

In b.7, (a minor), the strings play a…

Answer 22

Derived melody of an augmented penguin theme

Question 23

The organ plays pedals in minims to outline…
AO4

(B. 6)

Answer 23

A major 7th scale

Uncomfortable and uneasy interval

Question 24

The organ pedal is mostly centred around (harmony)

Answer 24

The tonic and dominant

Question 25

There is an ominous…in b. 11 (when the Celeste comes in) (Harmony)

Answer 25

Tritone

Question 26

In b.11 we get the full theme of…in the key of…

Answer 26

Penguin G minor

Question 27

The Celeste plays

Answer 27

Oscillating triadic figures

Question 28

In b. 13 we have another cymbal roll. In this bar we have…(harmony)

Answer 28

False relation

Question 29

In b. 13 we have a false relation and the time signature goes to… AO4

Answer 29

3 8 to destabilise the crotchet pulse -> unnerves the audience

Question 30

After b.13 what happens in terms of instruments

Answer 30

We have a full orchestra

Question 31

When the full orchestra comes in we are now in the key of…because it is a…

Answer 31

C minor Tertiary modulation

Question 32

In b. 14, when the whole orchestra comes in… this is evident because the accompaniment plays…on these notes(harmony)

Answer 32

Tonic Tonic Dominant Dominant Pizz

Question 33

In terms of what the orchestra plays in b. 14..

Answer 33

Penguin’s theme (augmented)

Question 34

Listen out for…(melody)

Answer 34

Scalia melodies

Question 35

The Celeste plays… (b. 18-21) AO4

Answer 35

Semiquaver to create a brighter sonority

Question 36

In b. 18, when the Celeste starts to play fast semiquavers, the melody is now played in…(instruments)…based around chords…

Answer 36

Bassoons and clarinets I IV V of C minor

Question 37

What happens in the screen when the trumpets play tenuto crotchet, quaver

Answer 37

Penguin catches the cat

Question 38

Afte the penguin catches the cat in b. 21, what is occurring texture wise

Answer 38

Unison octaves (range of 4 octaves)

Question 39

The harp plays

Answer 39

C major glissando up and down

Question 40

When the choir comes in singing “la La”, which key are we in

Answer 40

D major

Question 41

What is the choir singing when they go “la La La “

Answer 41

An alteration of the penguin theme

Question 42

When the choir sings “la La La” which percussion instrument enters, and what rhythm is it playing

Answer 42

Sleigh bells Quavers (synchresis)

Question 43

When the choir goes l”la La La”, what are the violins doing in relation to their melody AO4

Answer 43

Playing descending arpeggios to add energy and outline the chords of Dm C#dim Gm

Question 44

The final bar in which the violins play a descending arpeggio, we are now in the key of

Answer 44

A minor

Question 45

Why do the dynamics go to p

Answer 45

To allow the dialogue on screen to be heard

Question 46

When the dynamics go to p in b. 32, which key are we in

Answer 46

F# minor

Question 47

“La La La “ establishes…

Answer 47

The moood of the festivities

Question 48

What is the effect of going from “la La La” to “ooooooh”

Answer 48

More ethereal and spooky sounding

Question 49

When the choir sing “ooh”, the penguin theme is now heard in…(instruments)

Answer 49

Tuba and strings

Question 50

There is a rit when the choir goes “ooh” because…(what is happening on screen)

Answer 50

Bridge comes into view

Question 51

At the end of the “ooh” section, what is happening in terms of the chords playing in the trumpets

Answer 51

Added 7th and 9ths (Texture becomes more dense)

Question 52

What is the texture in b. 39, and how can we identify this bar

Answer 52

Heterophonic P

Question 53

The cymbal and clash adds…

Answer 53

Colour and represents the cruel actions of the parents

Question 54

The harp plays…which mimics…

Answer 54

Arpeggios The stream and water flowing

Question 55

The ritardando of the harps descending arpeggios in b. 44 is…(atmosphere)

Answer 55

Chilling and gothic

Question 56

REMEMBER (HARMONY)

Answer 56

Uses a lot of slide slipping to unrelated keys

Question 57

Which technique is used in the final 2 bars (violins)

Answer 57

Tremolo (suspense)

Question 58

What tempo marking is seen on the final 2 chords the strings play

Answer 58

Fermata

Question 59

Cell technique wider listening

Answer 59

Rite of spring