Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

“Mahidi’s Death” Reel 14/A. Duration 1:58.
“La Marche Lorraine” Reel 14/B.
“Finale” Reel 14/C. Key signature of three flats. Duration 2:11 �. The solo
horn plays p molto espr Line 1 Eb tenuto half note to Eb tenuto half note tied to half note
next bar to “3” triplet value quarter notes Db-Cb-small octave Bb to (Bar 3) A dotted
quarter note up to Cb 8 th down to Ab half note tied to half note next bar to G to Ab
quarter notes to (Bar 5) Bb dotted quarter note down to G 8 th up to Bb half note tied to
quarter note next bar. Muted strings small octave Eb/G/Bb dotted half notes to same
tenuto dotted 8ths to D/F/Ab tenuto 16ths to (Bar 2) Eb/G/Bb whole notes. After a
quarter rest in Bar 2, the timp beats small octave Eb dotted 8 th to Eb 16 th to Eb quarter
note (followed by a quarter rest) and repeated in Bar 4. Etc. [end session Monday, April
11, 2011 at 8:58 pm]
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-Call Northside 777 (1948) ***
http://www.amazon.com/Call-Northside-777-Film-
Noir/dp/B0006UEVV8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1292882405&sr=1-1
This is a dated movie of course but with the film noir style and the casting of
James Stewart, and the interesting commentary on the dvd, I would recommend it.
-Passage to India (1984) *** 1/2 [***]
http://www.amazon.com/Passage-India-Judy-
Davis/dp/B000056KMW/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1292882496&sr=1-3
I rather enjoy this rather strange David Lean movie overall. The Lean touch is
evident everywhere. While not as epic in proportion as Lawrence of Arabia, it still shows
many scenes of grandeur and perspective, as well as mystery. There is an introspective
quality here, especially involving Adela Quested (played admirably by Judy Davis) with
her odd and impressionable approach to her environment in India. Of course the movie is
based on the novel written by E.M. Forster, a homosexual. I don’t know if his
homosexuality influenced his approach to the women characters but he certainly did not
cast a sympathetic light Adela! There are many pretty freeze-frame shots here. One is at
00:20:06 with the city night scene with the bright Moon and Ganges as viewed by Dr.
Aziz (played by Victor Banerjee). Very soon he hears something rustling in the empty
mosque (00:20:16), a nice atmospheric, mystery shot. I like the start pf the Adela bike
sequence at 00:47:22 but especially at 00:477:44 as from her pov you see that mysterious
narrow path into who-knows-where? This is probably my favorite sequences in the
movie. I liked Mrs. Moore on the ship returning home (dvd 1:59:10). The Himalayan
mountain scenes are quite sweeping starting at 2:33:30.
I am particularly fond of the James Fox character, Richard Fielding, even more
than Alec Guinness as Indian Professor Dr. Godbole. He talks about reincarnation at
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