FAHRENHEIT 451 - Film Score Rundowns

section shouldn’t have been reach (originally) until 1:32 into the cue, but you can hear it
begin at :32, so the first minute was deleted and exchanged for other material.
At :32 (Bar 38), violins play contrary motion 16 th note figures (four notes per
figure, 4 figures per bar in C time). Violins I play ascending Line 1 rinforzando (first
note of each figure) E-G-B-E to next figure of Eb-Gb-Bb-Eb to next figure of D-F-A-D
to B-E-G-B. In Bar 39, violins I play Eb-Gb-Bb-Eb to next figure of D-F-A-D to Db-F-
Ab-Db to C-E-G-C. Repeat Bars 38-39 next two bars.
Violins II play descending 16 th notes Line 2 E-B-G-E to Eb-Bb-Gb-Eb, etc.
Viole play ascending 16ths Eb-Gb-Bb-Eb to D-F-A-D to Db-F-Ab-Db to C-E-G-C to
(Bar 39) E-G-B-E to Eb-Gb-Bb-Eb to D-F-A-D to E-G-B-E. Repeat next two bars.
VC/CB pluck pizzicato 8 th notes Bb up to small octave Bb to A down to A (all four notes
crossbeam connected) to next figure of Ab up to Ab to G (g) down to G (G). In Bar 39,
they play B-B-A#-A# to F-F-E-E in that previous pattern to (Bar 40) B-B-A#-A# to A-A-
Ab-Ab to (Bar 41) G-G-F#-F#. [Incidentally, the violins and viole passage in Bars 38-41
are quite similar to the beginning of this cue (Bars 1-4), but violins I in Bar 1 are
descending starting on Line 3 E, while violins II are ascending starting on Line 1 Eb.
Viole are descending instead of ascending starting on Line 2 E. VC in Bar 1 play
ascending 16ths Eb-Gb-Bb (followed by a 16 th rest) then next figure of D-F-A (with 16 th
rest), etc etc. CB are pizz on Line 1 E 8 th (followed by an 8 th rest) then Eb, then D, then
Db.]
In Bar 42, the violins and viole are sff trill on unison small octave register A
dotted half note (to Bb) to a 16 th five-note figure of Ab-A 16ths to “3” triplet 16ths D-C-
Bb to (Bar 43) Bb trill (to Cb) to five note figure of A-Bb 16ths to triplet 16ths Db-C-B.
Repeat next two bars. The celli are trill on small octave A dotted half note (followed by a
quarter rest) to (Bar 43) Bb dotted half note trill. Repeat next two bars. The harps are
quick arpeggio ascent on a nine-note triplet 16 th figures on D min (D/F/A) for harp I and
Eb min (Eb/Gb/Bb) on harp II. Harp I starts after an 8 th rest; harp II starts after a quarter
rest. Repeat next bars. Bar 45 ends page 49. Page 50 is missing from the score.
Now: The section lifted for the “Fire Station” cue (just after the “Prelude”) starts
on Bar 16 in “Fire Alarm” (go to1:14 of Track #1 of the cd). Here violins I play forte
four Line 1 D 16ths (notated here as a quarter note stem with two short horizontal lines
thru it) up to four Eb 16ths (repeat same bar). [It doesn’t sound like an unmeasured
bowed tremolo sound but more the measured tremolo of a definite number of repeated
notes] Violins II play it as small octave A (a) to Bb, repeated same bar. Viole play it as
F-Gb-F-Gb. VC pluck pizzicato quarter notes small octave C down to F# down to Great
octave C up to F# to (Bar 17, now in ¾ time) C down to F# back up to small octave C.
The xylophone plays ff on Line 1 A 8 th to F-A 16ths (all three notes crossbeam
connected) up to the D 8 th (followed by an 8 th rest), repeated same bar.
Skipping to Bar 24 (1:26 on track # 1 of the cd), the strings (except CB) play
descending triplet 8 th figures. Violins I play Line 2 D-Db-C to B-Bb-A to (rest unclear in
my notes). Violins II play Bb-A-Ab, etc. In Bar 26, violins I play four D 16ths to stand
alone D 8 th (followed by an 8 th rest), repeated same bar. Then in Bar 27 (in ¾ meter),
violins I play I believe C#-B-G triplet 3 X, rinforzando on the first note and legato minislur
on the other two notes (violins II play on lowest G-B-G). Then in Bar 28 a repeat of
the D notes of Bar 26 in C time to (Bar 29 in ¾ time), triplet note figure F-E-D played 3X
(Violins II play on D-C-A). Back in Bar 26, VC play quarter notes Eb down to Bb down
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