Bernard Herrmann: Film Music and Narrative |
Contents
A Tradition of Music for Film | 5 |
Film Music and Narrative Structure | 35 |
Orchestral Color and Narrative | 75 |
Copyright | |
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accompanies Alfred Newman arpeggio associated bars bass clarinets Bernard Herrmann bitonal bitonal chord brass camera Carlotta celeste cellos chromatic chromaticism Citizen Kane climax close-up color composer continues crescendo descending figure descending semitone descending tones dialogue dissolve dissonant door effect Eisler Elmer Bernstein film music film score flute follows four-note figure glissandi habanera rhythm harmonic harp heard Herr Hitchcock Hollywood horns instruments Judy Kane's leitmotif Lila long shot love motif Madeleine Marion melody minor triad murder music begins muted narrative Norman North By Northwest orchestra ostinato ostinato figure piece pizzicato point-of-view shot power motif prelude Psycho reinforced repeated reveals rising Sandra scene Scottie's segment semitone semitone figure sequence seventh chord soft solo sound strings play suggest sustained symphony three-note timpani tion tonal track Travis tremolo trombones trumpets tune upper strings variant Vertigo vibraphone viola d'amore violas violins Wagner waltz woodwind