Batman Part 2

Question 1

What key is this piece in

Answer 1

Dorian mode

Question 2

Starts on the same note as…

Answer 2

Penguin theme

Question 3

Describe where the first two notes in the violins is plays (register)

Answer 3

High pitched - silvery sinister sound

Question 4

This piece builds up…

Answer 4

Intrigue to where the pram will end up after floating in the sewer

Question 5

What is the harp playing in the opening

Answer 5

Half diminished arpeggio

Question 6

Chords are…because they are derived from…

AO4 and wider listening

Answer 6

Augmented
Whole tone scale

Floating/ other woldly sound
Debussy, Ravel

Question 7

The synth choir produces an…

Answer 7

Ethereal sound which punctuates texture with augmented chords

Question 8

Crescendos

Answer 8

Foreboding

Question 9

When the horns play a glissando of a semitone, what is occurring in the accompaniment

AO4

Answer 9

3rd ostinato comes in which uses notes from the Dies Irae chant (used in funerals)

Urgency, intensity (similar to Catwoman’s theme)

Question 10

Wider listening for Dies Irae

Answer 10

Sweeney Todd

Question 11

Wider listening for moving down a semitone

Answer 11

Jaws
Psycho motif

Question 12

The bassoons and bass clarinets now play in…

Answer 12

3rds

Question 13

The horns heroically announce…

Answer 13

Batman’s theme

Question 14

Batman’s theme is played in…

(B.9 - 10.)

Answer 14

Canon

Question 15

At the end of Batman’s theme played in canon, the violins play a

Answer 15

New ostinato

Question 16

The timpani and snare play a threatening…

Answer 16

Ostinato on tonic (suspense)

Question 17

The flute and oboes play an…

Answer 17

Accented triplet idea changed through pitch ribbon

Question 18

The trumpet plays with a

Answer 18

Mute

Question 19

How do we know that the title has appeared on the screen

Answer 19

The strings and timpani and bass drum play 5 punctuated hits (associated with the 5 notes in Batman’s theme)

Question 20

When the title appears on screen, what chord is playing in the orchestra

Answer 20

Neapolitan chord (bright)

Question 21

After the title appearing on screen, what happens

Answer 21

Tutti pounding marcato triplets (ostinato for energy)

Question 22

After title appears, which key are we in

Answer 22

Bb minor

Question 23

Wider listening for tripkets

Answer 23

Darth Vader

Question 24

After Bbm, which key do we go to in b. 31and then in b. 34

Answer 24

Ab minor (darker key than Bbm)

F# minor

Question 25

Violins and woodwinds…

Answer 25

Imitate each other

Question 26

Timpani plays…

(B. 38)

Answer 26

Oscillating perfect 5th

Question 27

What is the harmony in bar 37

Answer 27

Half diminished chords

Question 28

Half diminished harmony from

Answer 28

F# m to C# m

Question 29

The trip,et ostinato of Batman’s theme is first heard in…and then…

(B. 42-44)

Answer 29

Horns
Trombones

Question 30

The choir sings a variation of…in bar 44

Answer 30

Penguin’s theme

Question 31

Penguin theme is composed of

Wider listening

Answer 31

Distinctive minor 3rd interval

Similar to Hermann’s sighing motif in Psycho

Question 32

The trumpets play a

Answer 32

Triplet fanfare

Question 33

Harmony in b. 48

Answer 33

D half diminished harmony