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Psycho

The study of film music

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What is the context of "Psycho"? (Who-What-Where-How-Why-When) WHO: Bernard Herrmann WHAT: Black and white string score WHERE: California HOW: String orchestra with mutes WHY: For Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho", a psychological horror thriller WHEN: 1960
Describe "Prelude" using any of the elements of music [6] Stepwise melodic line (bar 37 to bar 48) Fingered tremolo (bar 41) Dissonant major triads (bar 21) Pizzicato cello and bass notes as pulse (bar 5 to bar 14) Moment of relaxation (bar 37 to bar 48) Openly hammered homorhythmic chords (bar 1)
Describe "The City" using any of the elements of music [5] Octave doublings High writing in all instruments Retrograde (bar 4, bar 5) Half diminished and diminished seventh chords (bar 1 to bar 3) Feeling of pulse in a quadruple feel rather than rhythm
Describe "Marion" using any of the elements of music [6] Straightforward in the middle of the range Opening melody repeated an octave lower in the second violins Paused Hitchcock chord (end) Simple AABA structure Rising diminished fifth and falling perfect fourth Syncopated with anacrusic start
Describe "The Murder" using any of the elements of music [6] Additive increase going downwards Widely spaced eight note complex chord cluster Alternating arco and pizzicato (bar 17) Diminished 5th (end) Glissandi up to high notes Vicious pulse due to downbow accents (bar 1 to bar 16)
Describe "The Toys" using any of the elements of music [6] Downward parallel major and minor seventh chords Ostinato double pedal Three bar phrases in upper strings Bass verticalisation Augmentation of “Marion” rhythm Quadruple time
Describe "The Cellar" using any of the elements of music [6] Tremolando passages building up a fugal texture (bar 5 to bar 46) Additive texture to high unresolved chordal ending Ten divisi parts Four countersubjects throughout Moto perpetuo Rests to vary the rate of progress
Describe "Discovery" using any of the elements of music [4] Aggressive highly rhythmic dissonant chords Rapid downward parallel seventh chords in the upper strings (bar 26 to bar 35) Cross rhythms in cello and basses C#7 chord with a major ninth as the ending
Describe "Finale" using any of the elements of music [5] Lone viola line with bleak string texture (bar 1, bar 2) Three note madness motif (bar 15 to bar 18) Low register chord combination ending Chord components with roots a diminished fifth apart Directionless rhythm avoiding a sense of metre
Wider Listening: "Main Theme" from "Blue Sunshine" by Charles Gross [6] Melody: Ambiguous with chromatic steps Harmony: Minor chords hidden by scratches Tonality: Hint of G minor key Rhythm: Crotchet movement clock like intro Texture: Thick sound with string scratches Sonority: Rhodes piano sounds like bells
Wider Listening: "After The Murder" from "Wendigo" by Michelle DiBucci [6] Melody: Dissonant rushing vibraphone figures Harmony: Starting diminished chord Tonality: Ambiguous due to the whispers Rhythm: Climactic offbeat percussive groove Texture: Additive towards the end Sonority: Stormy wind effects
Wider Listening: "Second Manuscript" from "Citizen Kane" by Bernard Herrmann [6] Melody: Chromatic descents with upward second Harmony: Continuous flute octave intervals Tonality: Implication of E minor Rhythm: Crotchet footstep movements Texture: Static tonic bass note Sonority: Flute representing a ticking clock
Wider Listening: "We Need To Go" from "Willard" by Shirley Walker [6] Melody: Rising sequence with an augmented fourth drop Harmony: Atonal and minor chords Tonality: Implied E minor Rhythm: Aggressive oom pah brass figures Texture: Quiet violin tremolo fillers Sonority: Stark muted lower strings
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