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Film Music - Elfman, Hermann Flashcards

Includes "Batman Returns", "Psycho" & "The Duchess" + WL

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What is the context of “Batman Returns”?

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  • Dark orchestral film score
  • Hollywood
  • Orchestra + children’s choir
  • For second installment of Batman franchise
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Kamen - Die Hard

BoaP 1

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  • Quotes music that reflects the season w/motifs
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BoaP 1 - Harmony

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  • Use of open chords + pedal notes
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Edward Scissorhands

BoaP 1

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Minor tonalities w/semitonal movement

Minor tonalities w/semitonal movement

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BoaP 1 - Rhythm

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  • Use of Augmentation
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BoaP 1 - Texture

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  • Mainly polyphonic
  • Octaves
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Goldsmith - Planet of the Apes

BoaP 1

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  • Rolling timpani promotes climax
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Silvestri - Back to the Future

BoaP 2

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Fragmented motifs link scenes

Fragmenting motif to link scenes

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BoaP 2 - Harmony

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C maj stabs

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Williams - Star Wars - Antithesis

BoaP 2

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Mostly major w/ triumphant feel

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Kilar - Dracula

Kilar - Dracula

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Ostinato w/militaristic feel

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BoaP 2 - Texture

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MDH

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BoaP 2 - Sonority

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Stopped + muted horns

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Horner - Amazing Spider-man

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Leitmotifs BUT explores + develops ideas

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Goldsmith - The Omen - Safari Park

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Dissonance

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BvtC - Tonality

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tertiary relationship between keys + chords
Whole tone scales

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Goldsmith - Omen Suite

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syncopation

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BvtC - Texture

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use of layering ideas

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Kilar - Dracula

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Low brass timbres

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Williams - Superman

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Leitmotif emphasises fanfares

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Williams - Superman - Antithesis

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Harmonic Stability

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RffG - Tonality

Kilar - Dracula

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C min to G mod

Similar Tonality

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RffG - Rhythm

Goldsmith - Omen Suite

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augmented Penguin
Quadruple time feel

Augumentation

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RffG - Texture

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Rare Monophonic Q&A phrases
Bass clarinet + harp interplay

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RffG - Sonority | Goldsmith - The Omen - Safari Park
Pizz strings arco bass | Pizz + Arco
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What is the context of "Psycho"?
- California - Muted string orchestra - For psychological horror thriller
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Prelude - Melody | Stravinsky RoS
- Interlocking maj.3rds | creates accomp. ostinato from same idea
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Prelude - Harmony
- Dissonant hitchcock chord
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Prelude - Tonality
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Prelude - Rhythm
- Broadly Fast Tempo - Syncopated Pizz
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Prelude - Texture
- Homophonic/rhythmic
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Prelude - Sonority
- Syncopation - Fingered Tremolo
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The City - Harmony
- non functional - dim7th + half dim. chords
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The City - Rhythm
- Broadly Slow Tempo - Pulse created by equal note value
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The City - Sonority
8ve doubling + high writing
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Marion - Melody
- Long descending melodic sequence - rising+ falling P5
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Marion - Tonality
Basically tonal
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Marion - Harmony
non functional
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Marion - Rhythm
- Broadly Slow Tempo - Anacrusic start
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Marion - Sonority
- Prominent Dynamic changes - opening melody repeated 8ve lower
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The Murder - Melody
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The Murder - Tonality
Atonal cues
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The Murder - Harmony
non functional
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The Murder - Rhythm
- Rhythmic Displacement - vicious pulse
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The Murder - Sonority
- sffz writing - 8-note chord cluster
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The Toys - Harmony
- non functional - Parallel movement
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The Toys - Rhythm
- Broadly Slow Tempo - Crotchet Pulse
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The Toys - Sonority
- Ostinato Double Pedal - Downward P7 chords
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The Cellar - Melody
- Retrogrades + Inversions
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The Cellar - Harmony
non functional
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The Cellar - Rhythm
- Broadly Fast Tempo - Moto Perpetuo
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The Cellar - Texture
Fugal
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The Cellar - Sonority
- Fugal Texture - Sul Ponticello
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Discovery - Harmony
non functional extended chords
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Discovery - Rhythm
- Broadly Fast Tempo - Rushing semiquavers
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Discovery - Sonority
- Downward P7s in upper strings - pizz + accented chords
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Finale - Melody
3-note madness F-Eb-D
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Finale - Tonality
Atonal cues
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Finale - Harmony
non functional
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Finale - Rhythm
- Broadly Slow Tempo - Directionless Rhythm
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Finale - Texture
3-part polyphony
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Finale - Sonority
- low ff chord ending - chromatic, polyphonic texture

A Level Music (Edexcel) (7 decks)

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