Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

starts the Waltz tempo section. The timp is trem rolled on Great octave A dotted half note
(repeated next three bars). Violas play Line 1 C up to E to G tenuto quarter notes to (Bar
16) same G dotted half note tied to next two bars. The organ in Bar 16 plays pp Great
octave D/small octave A/middle C/E/G (A min 7 th ) dotted half notes tied to next bar.
After a quarter rest in Bar 16, violins II play small octave A/middle C quarter notes to
same A/C quarter notes (repeated next two bars). After two quarter rests, violins I play
Line 2 C/E/G tenuto quarter notes to (Bar 17) same quarter notes (followed by a quarter
rest) down to A/C/E tenuto quarter notes to (Bar 18) same quarter notes (followed by two
quarter rests). After a quarter rest, VC pluck pizzicato small octave E/G to E/G quarter
notes (repeated next two bars). CB pluck small octave D quarter note followed by two
quarter rests (repeated next two bars). Cue 34 (Largo tempo-marking) is cued for “Killed
in action.” Etc.
[Chimes]
[Brookfield School Song] 1:28 duration
“Finale (End Titles)” I believe this starts with “I gave you my word.” Violins
I were originally written starting Line 2 register but I suppose the composer later changed
his mind and wrote “8” basso underneath and also “tone lower” (? ). In the key signature
of two sharps, the original written notes are Line 2 D tenuto dotted 8 th to D 16 th up to F#
quarter note up to A quarter note to B up to Line 3 C# 8ths to (Bar 2) D quarter note to
C# dotted 8 th to D 16 th down to Line 2 B to A quarter notes up to (Bar 3) Line 3 D quarter
note to C# dotted 8 th to D 16 th down to B quarter note to A-G 8ths, and so forth. Violins
II play small octave A up to Line 1 E half notes to (Bar 2) D/F# half notes down to B/D
to A/D quarter notes to (Bar 3) D/F# half notes, and so forth. Violas play small octave F#
to E half notes to (Bar 2) B half note down to D-D quarter notes, and so forth. VC play
small octave D to C# half notes to (Bar 2) Great octave B half note down to G-G quarter
notes. Etc.
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-Land of the Pharaohs (1955) ** [music ***]
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Pharaohs-Jack-
Hawkins/dp/B000OHZJIW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1292902551&sr=1-1
[reviewed May 27, 2011]
If you listen to the Main Title you may note that the opening five-note theme is
polysyllabic-based: “Land-of----the-Pha----Raohs….” Many composers did this
technique of organizing their themes on syllables, especially Max Steiner.
This spectacle antiquity-era Egyptian film was one of several in this period of
film history (including The Egyptian, Ten Commandments a year later, and years later,
Cleopatra, and others). Despite being directed by Howard Hawks, it’s not a very good
movie! There is a scene in the movie when cowardly soldiers are thrown to the
crocodiles. Perhaps this film should’ve been thrown to the crocodiles as well! Hawks
didn’t like it, the American public didn’t like it, and I didn’t like it except for a few
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