| Description |
| On-screen: |
Title of film |
| Description: |
This theme for the opening title sequence (entitled "Cauldron" on the cue sheet) begins with an ominous three-note gesture (in low brass), followed by an oscilating gesture using parallel chords; there is a large smoking cauldron on-screen |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 4] 8va higher / a tempo / rall / fff / (strong bass) please; [m. 5] legato / 8va / rubato / accel; [m. 6] rall / sffz |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 4] M. Title |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 4] brass / trb, horns etc. / trbs, basses, tuba / T.C.; [m. 5] T.C. / timp; [m. 6] gong |
| Analysis: |
This cue uses parallel half-diminished seventh chords and parallel triads; the melodic line is a descending chromatic scale; it is possible that the Rocks motif derives from the last three pitches of this theme (descending M3 + descending tritone) |
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| Tags |
beaker | bubbling | chromatic scale | dramatic | half-diminished 7th chord | main title | ominous | opening title sequence | parallelism | starring list | title of film
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