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Danny Elfman - Batman Returns - Coggle Diagram
Danny Elfman - Batman Returns
Context
Sonority
Large orchestral score with additions: pipe organ, harp, celeste, fairground steam organ...
very detailed performance techniques: dynamics, articulation and phrasing
WL Scherzo for X-wings - John Williams
full orchestra
many playing techniques:
arco
Pizzicato
Use of tremolando bowing
Glissandi (smooth slides) between notes
Con Sord
Oboe extreme vibrato
Horns stopped
Trumpet extreme lip trill
Cymbal and timpani roll
Flutter tonging
Snare drum with snares off
Percussion rolls.
Structure
throughcomposed
WL Scherzo for X-wings - John Williams
BoaP 1
BoaP 2
Batman vs the Circus
Rise and Fall from Grace
Texture
constantly changing
BoaP1
octaves
BoaP2
melody driven homphony
Rise and Fall from Grace
rare monophony (first 3 beats)
Batman vs the Circus
use of layering
polyphonic
homophony (last 2 bars)
Harmony and Tonality
mostly minor keys throughout
BoaP1
plagal candence
pedal notes
dominant 7th
open chords/bare fifths
chromatic shifts
unprepared key modulations
parallel chords
Batman vs the Circus
whole tone scale
diminished 7th
tertiary relationship between keys and chords
tritone/augmented fourth
Melody and ideas
Leitmotifs
Batman - mainly brass
Penguin - theatrical, use of organ
Idea 1 (BoaP1)
staccato
two semiquavers followed by a quaver
x2
Idea 2 (BoaP2)
crotchet then descending 3th leap to quaver then quaver rest and repeat
Idea 3 (BvtC)
quavers
Idea 4 (BvtC)
RMT
BoaP1
augmentation
BoaP2
diminution
ostinati
cross-rhythms
triplets
Batman and the Cirus
constant changing of time signature
syncopation
rhythmic displacement
sextuplets