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‘Main title/rebel blockade runner’ (from the soundtrack to Star Wars:…
‘Main title/rebel blockade runner’ (from the soundtrack to Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope)
Performing Forces
Full symphony orchestra
Woodwind
Flutes
Oboes
Clarinets
Bass clarinet
Bassoons
Brass
Horns
Trumpets
Trombones
Tuba
Percussion
Timpani
Triangle
Snare drum
Tam-tam
Glockenspiel
Vibraphone
Cymbals
Piano
Strings
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double bass
Harp
Tonality
Bb major
From b.30 the tonality becomes unstable
Atonal
From b.41 the chords become more complex
Dissonance
C major (with added Ab) from b.36
Bitonality
Melody
Fanfare
Repeated notes on Bb (the tonic)
Triplet figures
Quartal harmony
Leap of a 7th from F to Eb
Main Theme A
4 bar phrase (repeated)
Stepwise and leaps
Rising perfect 5th
Bars 2 & 3 are identical
Minor 7th leap
Falling perfect 4th
Main Theme B
4 bar phrase
Less forceful, provides contrast
Begins with an anacrusis
Stepwise
Rising 6th
Texture
Mainly homophonic
Block chord accompaniment
Inverted pedal in the introduction
Dominant pedal in bars 12-15
Main Theme B is in octaves
Harmony
Tonal (based on a scale)
Chords are in root position and first inversion
Syncopated block chords
Quartal harmony
Foreign chords
Tertiary relationship
Tritone (G to Db)
Tempo/Rhythm/Metre
Fast tempo
4/4 metre
Triplets
Beat becomes less obvious from b.33
Metro changes to triple time in b. 44
The tempo at b.55 is very fast
Homorhythmic chords