Applied Music 2015 - 2016 John Williams E.T Flying Theme
- Created by: Noah Young
- Created on: 23-05-16 08:41
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- Applied Music E.T Flying Theme John Williams
- Rhythm and Metre
- 2/2 time with a change to 3/2 in bars 75-82
- Andante, Minim = 66 bpm
- Strong down beats and periodic phrasing
- Repeated quaver accompaniment gives sense of forward momentum
- Restless Rhythms
- Triplet quavers in coda
- Little Syncopation
- Harmony
- Tonal and Diatonic
- A few conventional cadences are used
- Use of diminished 7th chords without preparation or resolution
- A few conventional cadences are used
- Major and minor chords, mainly in root position or 1st inversion
- Use of major chords with added dissonant notes
- Use of tonally ambiguous chords
- Use of major chords with added dissonant notes
- Modulations are not conventional
- More complex chord sequences used
- Use of non-functional chord progressions involving chromatic bass lines
- More complex chord sequences used
- Tonal and Diatonic
- Instrumentation and Timbre
- Double Woodwind Section
- 2 Oboes
- 2 Flutes
- 2 Clarinets
- 2 Bassoons
- Conventional Symphonic Brass Section
- 3 Trumpets
- 4 French Horns
- 3 Trombones
- Tuba
- Percussion
- Cymbals
- Timpani
- Piano
- Tubular Bells
- Strings
- 1 Viola
- 2 Violins
- 1 Cello
- 1 Double Bass
- Timbre
- Usually quite thick - little use of solo timbres or lighter textures
- Handling of orchestra in typical romantic style
- Double Woodwind Section
- Melody
- Use of ostinatos
- Use of vague 'countermelody' in flute part
- Use of rising 5ths, inverted to falling fourths in bar 10
- Use of Lydian (raised) fourth
- An 8 bar theme separated in to two four bar phrases
- Periodic phrasing
- Augmentation of intervals
- 5ths, 7ths and octaves in bars 11 - 14
- Transposition of ideas
- Use of ostinatos
- Texture
- Melody - Dominated Homophony
- Homorhythm
- Ostinatos
- Block and articulated chords
- Articulated internal tonic and dominant pedal notes
- Sustained bass pedal notes
- Structure and Tonality
- Bars 34 - 41
- Main Theme
- G Major
- Main Theme
- Bars 25 - 33
- 2nd Section
- B - Eb Major
- 2nd Section
- Bars 42 - 54
- 2nd Section
- Eb Major
- 2nd Section
- Bars 17 - 24
- Main Theme
- C Major
- Main Theme
- Bars 55 - 62
- Main Theme
- C Major
- Main Theme
- Bars 9 - 16
- Main Theme
- C Major
- Main Theme
- Bars 63 - 68
- Main Theme
- C Major
- Main Theme
- Bars 1 - 8
- Introduction
- C Major
- Introduction
- Bars 69 - 87
- Coda
- Lydian Mode
- Coda
- Bars 34 - 41
- Rhythm and Metre
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