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... strings play a two - note pizzicato . Against the pizzicato notes ( C # , A ) the celeste plays another clashing two - note figure ( C , G ) . It can be observed , too , that Herrmann does not despise what may be regard- ed as a ...
... strings play a two - note pizzicato . Against the pizzicato notes ( C # , A ) the celeste plays another clashing two - note figure ( C , G ) . It can be observed , too , that Herrmann does not despise what may be regard- ed as a ...
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... string figure is played slowly by clarinets , followed by a brief segment of it in low strings . At this point the return of the " Madeleine " music in its original form removes the piece to an ethereal upper string register as Scottie ...
... string figure is played slowly by clarinets , followed by a brief segment of it in low strings . At this point the return of the " Madeleine " music in its original form removes the piece to an ethereal upper string register as Scottie ...
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Film Music and Narrative Graham Donald Bruce. There is a pause on soft woodwind chords as she sits down to write . Then , as the voice over conveys the contents of her letter of confession to Scottie , the high strings play very soft ...
Film Music and Narrative Graham Donald Bruce. There is a pause on soft woodwind chords as she sits down to write . Then , as the voice over conveys the contents of her letter of confession to Scottie , the high strings play very soft ...
Contents
A Tradition of Music for Film | 5 |
Film Music and Narrative Structure | 35 |
Orchestral Color and Narrative | 75 |
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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