| Description |
| On-screen: |
Plantation sign |
| Description: |
Establishes the exotic, somewhat primitive setting for the film (using rough open fifths and violent accents) |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 18] a tempo / sfp; [m. 19] sf / pp; [m. 20] morend; [m. 21] pp; [m. 22] p; [m. 23] morendo / ppp |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 18] Fade / Rubber Co.; [m. 20] Dripping starts; [m. 23] Pan shot starts / This overlaps Part 2 |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 18] div / 2 harps / soft bells / 1 piano / 1 celeste / 2 trpts / also vibraph / w.w. / str + horns / trb / celli / bassoon / piano + timp / gong; [m. 19] gong; [m. 22] harp only (one) / gong |
| Analysis: |
Harmonized with quintal chords over a C pedal (using a pentatonic collection) |
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| Tags |
calm | establish location | exotic | exoticism | gamelan | Indonesian music | open fifth | pentatonic | plantation | quintal chord | setting | sign | Singapore
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