Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

8 th (followed by rests). VC/CB are bowed trem on Great octave B to Bb half notes to
(Bar 2) A to Ab half notes to (Bar 3) G whole note.
After a half and quarter rest in Bar 1, violins I are bowed trem on Line 3 A-G#
8ths to (Bar 2) G-F#-F-E 8ths to D#-D-C#-C 8ths (still bowed trem) to (Bar 3) Line 2 B-
Bb-A-Ab 8ths to G-F#-F-E 8ths to (Bar 4) Eb rinforzando 8 th to Eb-F 32 nd notes to G-A-
Bb-Line 3 C-D 32 nd notes to Line 3 Eb to D trills of 8 th notes to Db to C trills to B to Bb
8 th note trills crescendo-decrescendo. After a quarter rest in Bar 4, the harp is gliss from
small octave A quarter note gliss line up to Line 3 Eb quarter note down to small octave
A quarter note up to next bar. The piano sounds Contra-octave and Great octave F#
whole notes rinforzando-marked. Etc.
#3884 “End Title” 4/4 time, 4 bars. Indicated “Mario, October 25, 1943.” So it
appears the composer did the score in 8 or 9 nine days.
Incidentally, Lyn Murray (see below) talks about Mario Castelnuova-Tedesco in
his book/journal (see page 167, or July 18 1956).
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-Forbidden Planet (1956) **** [“music” ***]
http://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Planet-Two-Disc-50th-
Anniversary/dp/B000HEWEDK/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1305661434&sr=1-
2
http://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Planet-Walter-
Pidgeon/dp/B00004RF9B/ref=sr_1_4?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1292902245&sr=1-4
Here is a currently ongoing interesting discussion of this movie and its “music”
on Talking Herrmann:
http://herrmann.uib.no/talking/view.cgi?forum=thGeneral&topic=3677
I remember in my late twenties (perhaps it was in 1979) there was a huge
marathon SciFi event somewhere in a big hotel near LAX. This included a convention
hall of dealers selling science fiction items, including one table offering large glossy
prints of scenes from Forbidden Planet. I bought a whole bunch of them! There was also
a non-stop marathon of scifi movies shown in another large hall (including thru the wee
hours of the night). If I am not mistaken, Journey to the Center of the Earth was shown.
But one of the “biggies” that was a great audience pleaser was Forbidden Planet. It was
an excellent print, and I remembered the packed audience enjoying the feature. Also
during that same afternoon or early evening run was Kubrick’s 2001.
I just purchased the two-disc special edition of Forbidden Planet at Barnes &
Noble last weekend. It was very interesting viewing the “Deleted Scenes and Lost
Footage” special feature. As for the film itself, I would still consider it a “classic” scifi
film despite various minor flaws. I would not, however, consider it a “masterpiece.” One
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