FAHRENHEIT 451 - Film Score Rundowns

In Bar 1, violins II play B/middle C half notes legato to A/C half notes. In Bar 2,
Bb/Cb half notes to Ab/Cb. In Bar 3, unison Bb whole note, held fermata.
Viole play small octave E legato up to B quarter notes, then down to F legato to
Fb quarter notes. In Bar 2, viole play Eb up to Bb down to F to E. In Bar 3, viole play
Eb/Gb whole notes, held fermata.
VC play divisi Great octave A/small octave E half notes down to Great octave
D/A. In Bar 2, celli play Ab/Eb to Db/Ab. In Bar 3, top line VC play Great octave Bb
quarter note to B dotted half note, held fermata. Bottom line VC play Great octave Eb
whole note, held fermata. End of cue.
“Flamethrower” Cue XXXX [12M1] Allegro Con Brio in C time, 17 bars,
about 35 seconds. Pages 88 thru 90 in the score. Note: This cue was deleted in the final
edit of the picture. Intended scene: When Montag takes the flamethrower and torches his
bed and the wall television. Luckily, the McNeely rerecording has this cue as Track # 8.
VC/CB play Line 1 rinforzando E 16 th down to F dotted 8 th tied to dotted half
note. After a quarter rest, violins and viole play contrary motion triplet 8 th tremolo
figures fortissimo. Harps play descending 32 nd note figures (E-C-B-G or C maj 7 again,
etc). Harp II does the same (Bb-Gb-Eb-C or C half-diminished again). The vibe plays a
“5” ascending figure of 16 th notes Gb-Bb-C-E-G to Line 2 B quarter note, etc. It’s a wild
ride and too much to get into here. By Bars 15-16, harp I is gliss rising to falling; harp II
is gliss falling to rising in the key signature of Db maj/Bb min (5 flats). The cue ends on
Bar 17 with the CB sff > on small octave C whole note, held fermata. VC is on F#; viole
on small octave C; violins II on small octave Ab, and violins I on middle C sff > and held
fermata.
“Flowers of Fire” Cue XXXXI [12M2] Adagio in C time, 25 bars, 1:10.
Pages 92 and 93 in the score [Note: Page 91 is missing and I have no idea what it was
supposed to be. Perhaps Herrmann made a mistake and skipped from 90 at the end of the
previous cue to 92, the beginning of this cue]. Track # 28 on the cd. Strings are not
marked as “sords.”
Violins are unison in plating fortissimo on small octave B half note to triplet value
Bb half note to A to G# quarter notes [last three notes are part of the triplet value or halfbar
value] repeated next bar. Viole play rising and falling 16 th note figures (four 16 th per
figure, 4 figures per bar) starting on small octave C to E, etc. VC play rising and falling
triplet 8 th figures. The CB plays Great octave F#/small octave C#/F# whole notes tied to
next bar.
In Bar 2, harp I plays descending 32 nd note figures (C maj 7) four per bar. Harp II
plays ascending 32 nd note figures (C half-dim 7ths). The vibe plays, after a dotted 8 th
rest, a quarter note roll between B an octave apart, etc. Violins are sempre sul G. In Bar
3, violins play Line 1 E half note to “3” triplet value three-note figure of Eb half to D to
Db quarter notes (repeat next bar). In Bar 5, they play F half to triplet value three-note
figure of E half to Eb to D quarter notes (repeated next bar). CB play the Eb/Gb/Bb chord
(Eb min).
By Bar 10, the harps play a series of glissandi (falling for harp I and ascending for
harp II). The cue ends on the Eb minor chord of the strings, held fermata.
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