Elfman, Batman Returns, Pt. II Birth Of A Penguin Flashcards
Starting key
What motif is used?
Dm
Penguin motif, altered version, augmented, violins
What element is brought back from pt. I?
How does the texture change from pt. I
Rising & falling arpeggios, common throughout
Increases with synth choir & a bass ostinato
When & how is the Batman theme played?
What happens after this?
When actor name appears
On horns
Trumpet fanfare
Bars 11-20:
Key change
What is syncopation
What pedal is heard
Bflat m
Play off beat
Tonic throughout section
When does the Batman theme return for the second time?
On what
12-15
Over accomp
Bassoon & clarinet (low wind)
How is rhythmic diminution played in bar 17?
Batman theme goes from 4 bars to 2 beats
What instruments are playing in between each other in bar 19?
Batman theme
Brass
Bar 20:
Time sig
What chord does the Batman theme end on?
What plays over the theme?
How is the final beat slowed down?
5/4
Gflat/Bflat
Ascending violin arpeggio
Trumpets in Bflat
When is the climax?
What chord is played?
21-51 when title appears
Ff C chord
What ostinato is introduced in bar 25?
What plays the motif?
Military-like quaver triplet
Passed around instruments
What first appears in bar 48?
When is this heard again?
Falling 3rd in vocal part
55
52-84:
What happens in screen?
What chord is played?
What instrument has a key shift?
What key does it shift to?
Pram starts to slow
Dflat7 b
Brass
Chromatic shift to F#m (but with #6th)
57-62:
What creates an unpredictable element?
Music follows 3, 2 bar phrases
Section end, bar 62:
What key does the section end in?
What does the triplet motif change to?
What uses the falling 3rd pattern?
Aflat
4 semi quavers (seems faster)
Batman theme
What plays the triplet motif in bar 75, 76, 77?
Trumpets & tuba
Horns
Trumpets
