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Main Title / Rebel Blockade Runner (Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope) …
Main Title / Rebel Blockade Runner (Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope)
John Williams
1977
Structure
Introductory Fanfare
A Theme
B Theme
A Theme
The rest follows the action on screen.
(Opening space fight)
Main Theme section = regular
4-bar phrases with AABA shape
Performing Forces
Full Symphony Orchestra
Avoids electronic effects & synths
(Fully orchestral)
Tempo, Rhythm and Metre
Fast tempo (matches fast-paced
mood of the film)
4/4
triplets
Syncopated block chords triplet
quavers and rests
From b.33 - Pulse less obvious
B.44 - metre changes to 3/4
Homorhthmic chords - create drama - slower tempo
Harmony and Tonality
Bb Major in the first part
("Main Title") (b.1-b.29)
Tonality less clear from b.30 onwards
b.41-60 - complex chords & dissonance
b.5-60 elements of bitonality
Opening fanfare built on 4ths
Texture & Dynamics
Huge dynamic contrast (pp-ff)
Polyphonic in the opening fanfare
Melody dominated homophony
(melody over some chords)
Monophony
Unison
Melody
Open 3 bars - Brass fanfare
Stepwise motion & rising perfect
5th create heroicfeel (Luke
Skywalker's leitmotif).
Combination of triplet quavers
and minims
B theme - 4-bar idea. Less forceful.
Stepwise.
