FAHRENHEIT 451 - Film Score Rundowns

“Information” Cue XXXV [10M6] Lento in C time, 11 bars, :49. Page 76
(original page 78) in the score. Track # 25 on the cd (:54 to 1:42). Scene: Linda goes to
the information box and informs on her own husband.
Muted violins I, II, and violas each have two lines or staves. Violins I top line
play Line 2 Eb/Ab half notes to E/B half notes (repeat next bar). Bottom line violins I
play Line 2 A/B to G/C (c’’’). So the second chord played is the C maj 7 3 rd inversion
(G/C/E/B). Violins II play the same, but an octave lower. Violas top line (treble clef)
play Line 2 C#/E to A/D half note dyads (repeated next bar). Bottom line violas play
middle C#/E to A/D.
In Bar 3, the vibe and harps are soli. The vibe plays pp Line 2 Cb/Eb/Ab (1 st
inversion Ab min) half note triad to C/E/A half note triad. Repeat next bar. After an 8 th
rest, harp II plays (octave apart) Contra and Great octave registers) Ab-Eb-Ab 8 th notes
(crossbeam connected) to stand alone Cb 8ths. After a half rest, harp I plays Lines 1 & 2
C-E-B 8 th notes (followed by an 8 th rest). Repeat next bar.
Bars 5-6 = Bars 1-2, but an octave lower. Bars 7-8 = Bars 3-4.
In Bar 9,violins I play pp < Line 1 E whole note to (Bar 10) F whole note,
decrescendo. Violins II play small octave B (b) whole note to (Bar 10) Db whole note.
Viole play Db/F to (Bar 10) D/Gb. VC play Db/Ab to D/A. After a quarter rest, harp I
plays mf Line 1 Bb acciaccatura (grace note) up to Line 2 Bb quarter note played 3 X to
(Bar 10) three more times (followed by a quarter rest).
In the film, the music is dialed out here. There is one final bar, however. This bar
equals Bar 9, sf and rinforzando, held fermata and decrescendo.
“The Vase” Cue XXXVI [11M1] Vivo in 6/8 time, 71 bars, 2:11. Pages 77
thru 79 (original pages 79-81) in the score. Track # 25 starting at 1:43. This cue was
self-borrowed a year later for the Truffaut film, The Bride Wore Black, cue XV, Bars 1-
10. Scene: Montag intercepts Clarisse. They go to her boarded up house and search for a
list of names her father had in a vase.
Strings are muted (sords). CB play fortissimo pizzicato Great octave A dotted
quarter note (half bar value in 6/8 time). Repeat next bar. VC play pizz 8 th notes
ascending A-E-B (crossbeam connected) to middle C 8 th (followed by a quarter rest).
Repeat next bar. Viole play pizz (after an 8 th rest) E-B 8ths (crossbeam connected) to
middle C 8 th (followed by a quarter rest). Repeat next bar. Violins I & II, after a quarter
rest, play pizz 8 th note middle C to crossbeam connected 8ths E-A-B. Repeat next bar.
After a quarter and 8 th rest, the glock strikes ff the Line 2 E dotted quarter note. Repeat
next bar. Harp II plays Line 1 & 2 E dotted quarter notes sff. Harp I plays Line 2 & 3 E
dotted quarter note, let vibrate. Repeat next bar.
In Bar 3, the CB pluck the Ab dotted quarter note. VC play rising 8 th notes Ab-
Eb-Bb (crossbeam connected) to middle Cb 8 th , and so forth (simply flat the notes in Bars
1-2).
In Bar 5, the CB pluck the F# dotted quarter. VC pluck F#-C#-F# 8ths to A 8 th .
Ditto viole. Violins are pizz (after a quarter rest) on A 8 th to crossbeam 8ths C#-F#-G#.
The glock and harps strike on the C# dotted quarter notes after a quarter and 8 th rest.
Repeat next bar. Bars 7-8 = Bars 3-4 for the strings, but glock & harps play B. Bars 9-10
= Bars 5-6 for the strings, but glock & harps play A.
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