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"rise and fall of grace" wider listening - Coggle Diagram
"rise and fall of grace" wider listening
Edward Scissorhands- "ice dance/ grand finale" Danny Elfman
harp
glissandis
starts with slow tempo
tremelo strings, play chords
wordless vocals
etherial feeling
long note values used
pedal notes used extensively
high pitch pedal notes also used in Batman
lush chords
similar motif in Batman
moments of silence
glockenspiel motif
major key
more minor key
diatonic and functional harmony
more chromaticism in Batman
double bass provides stabilising pedal notes
crecendo at the end
mood change at the end in Batman
brass section join in at the end
string runs also
Same in Batman but for a fanfare reception
conjunct melodic lines
Batman is more polyphonic
Jerry Goldsmith - Gremlins, "Too Many Gremlins"
heavy brass
Features percussion more in Batman
minor key
same in Batman
synth and music technology used
unusual sounding
ostinatos
not utilised by Elfman, prefers to exploit all timbres of orchestral instruments
incessent crothchets in synth
melodic line in violin, high tessitura
In Batman the strings play at a high tessitura for a pedal note, not a melodic line
polyphonic at the end
runs in the violin
con sord trumpet
Wojciech Kilar- Dracula, "Lucy's Party"
celeste
magical sounding
light cymbal in percussion
delicate feeling
Batman is more chaotic and eccentric
glockinspiel
modulates to minor key
begins major
Batman changes from a C minor key to major when the fanfare enters
simple, conjunct ostinato in the celeste
repeated in a minor key
harp features heavily in batman
pedal notes in lower strings
chromaticisms
dissonance in piano alternating notes
dissonance in high pitched string chords at the beginning of Batman
ends on a pause note