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Batman

1
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Starts on a (harmony)

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Tonic pedal B

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2
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Which theme is heard? And on which instruments?

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Batman’s theme

Cello and trumpets

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After the cellos and trumpets play Batman’s theme, it is then dovetailed to…(instruments)

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The bassoons, and bass clarinets

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4
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The Celeste and harp play semiquavers of pitches….of…

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1,3,4,5
Batman’s theme

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The strings play an….in a really…register

(B. 4)

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Unfinished Batman’ s theme tremolando

High

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6
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Bar 7 sustained chord

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C# major

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7
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After the sustained C# major chord, we then go to…(key)

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E minor

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8
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The timpani plays…to…

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Roll

Prepare the audience for a change in

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9
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The timpani crescendos from fp to….in bar 11

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Sfzpp (extra intensity)

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10
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The clarinet plays…(rhythm) and the…appears

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Triplets

Penguin’s waddle

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11
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Wider listening

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Katchaturian’s Saber Dance

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Bar 18 the tempo is…and there’s fragments of…theme

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170 bpm (quick)

Catwoman’s theme

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13
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The trumpets play with

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Mute

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14
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Time signatures throughout the piece

AO4

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2 4, 3 4, 4 4

Unsettling atmosphere

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15
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The violins play (performance technique)

Include wider listening

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Glissando to G

Psycho : shower scene

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16
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In the funky section, the xylophone plays

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Cm arpeggio

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In the funky section, the piano plays..

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4 bar ostinato (staccato)

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18
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Which instruments join in the funky section

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Temple blocks and snare drum

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19
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What do the temple blocks do

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Doubles the piano 4 octaves above

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20
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In the funky section…except for…(notes)

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All semitones played except for E and Bb

3 different 4 note whole tone collection

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21
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Wider listening for whole tone collection

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Stravinsky: rite of spring

AO4 captures chaos

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22
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The pitches of the trumpets are derived from…(wider listening)

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Hexachord

Rite of spring

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The marimba melody is based on (pitches)

24
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Describe the melody in the funky section

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Disjunct -> characterises the poodle trodding

25
In the funky section the snare plays tremolo and then the timpani plays 4 semiquaver notes. What is happening on screen
Explosion
26
The xylophone in bar 36 (after the explosion), plays a frenetic…
Ostinato
27
The horns in bar 36 (after the explosion), play…
Accented version of Batman’s motif
28
After the explosion,the piano plays
A second ostinato in metric shifting, pointillist motif (chaos)
29
Before the horns play glissando you can hear…(harmony and melody)
Violent diminished 7th arpeggio
30
The bar before the horns play glissandos, there is a … played in the percussion
Whole tone scale to finish the section
31
When the harp plays glissandos up and down of a whole tone scale in F#. What is happening on the screen (B. 43-44)
Window smashed
32
What is cause by the harp’s glissandos and the string accompaniment playing tremolo (Harmony)
Tritone
33
Wider listening for tritone
Stravinsky : petrushka chord
34
What is significant about the amount of notes the bass drums plays in b. 45 (just after hearing the glissandos in the harp)
5 notes = 5 notes in Batman’s theme
35
Which instrument joins in b. 45 after the harps glissando AO4
Fairground steam organ -> associated with freak shows or grotesque / absurd scenes
36
The brass plays an…. In bar 50-51 (performance technique) AO4
Extreme lip trill Sounds like a siren -> perhaps suggesting that the police is after Batman
37
The trumpets play consecutive…(rhythm) which introduces the…harmonised as a…
Triplets Batman’s theme harmonised as a full chord for triumphant effect
38
Wider listening
Cartoon music I.e. Tom and jerry
39
When the oboe has to play extreme vibrato in bar 57. What’s the melody like?
Warped
40
The temple blocks play a…
Rhythmic motif
41
The strings in bar 59 play a…
Two 4 note ostinato based on diminished 4th
42
Listen out for…(rhythm)
Cross rhythms
43
The fairground steam organ plays a…version of… in bar 62
Shorter (diminished) Penguin’ s theme
44
B. 67 harmony
Half diminished E
45
In bar 73, the horns play….of pitches…
Sustained pedal notes Pitches 2,3,4 of Batman’s theme
46
During the horns playing the long sustained pedal notes, what is occurring on screen
Batman puts a rocket launcher on his shoulder. The pedal notes create an ominous and foreboding effect
47
Wider listening for the long sustained pedal notes in horns
“Mars” from Planet of the Apes (?)
48
Which unusual chord is played on bar 77
Petrushka chord -> harmony revolves around C7
49
In bar 78, the xylophone recycles…
The semitone fragment from b. 36-39
50
In b. 82, the low brass plays a…version of Batman’s theme. AO4
Augmented Slow motion effect to follow what’s occurring on screen (his device is flying through the air)
51
Towards the end of the piece, the final version of Batman’s theme is heard in the trombone and tuba. But it is a…version
Truncated
52
After the truncated version of Batman’s theme…(texture)
Tutti orchestral effect
53
Towards the end, the harp plays a….which accompanies the scene on screen. This is because… Wider listening and say what technique this is
Glissando Batman gets hit “Mambo” from West Side Story Mickey Mousing technique
54
Towards the end of the piece, the base plays an…of a…
Ominous oscillating accompaniment of a Tritone

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