Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

By the way, the instrumentation for this short cue (only 8 bars): piccolo, 3 flutes,
3 oboes, Eb clarinet, 2 Bb clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, trombone, glock,
harp, 2 pianos, celeste, 14 violins I, 12 violins II, violas, VC/CB. After an 8 th rest in Bar
4, the muted trumpets play Line 1 Bb/Line 2 Eb/G tenuto-marked and also rinforzandomarked
quarter notes twice to A/Eb/F 8ths to (Bar 5) Bb/Line 2 D/F 8ths (followed by
rests). After a quarter and 8 th rest in Bar 4, the first piano is gliss 32 nd notes from small
octave F-G-A-Bb-middle C-D-Eb up to (Bar 5) Line 3 Db staccato 8 th (followed by
rests).
The Overture is in waltzy � time in the key signature of D maj/B min (2 sharps).
Instrumenation: piccolo.3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, Eb clarinet, 2 clarinets, bass
clarinet, 2 Fags, C. Fag (or Fag III), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 Pos, tuba, timp., bass drum,
piatti, snare drum, glock, 2 harps, piano, celeste, vibe, xylophone, chorus, strings, and
probably other instruments I missed since I only worked on small sections of the huge
cue. In the grace bar, the flutes and violins I-II play Line 3 (Line 2 for violins II) D-E-F#-
G 16ths ff to (Bar 1) A to B dotted half notes bowed trem (legato trem effect for the flutes
but notated the same), repeated next bar, to (Bar 3) A/Bb trem as half notes to A
rinforzando 8 th (followed by an 8 th rest), then silent for awhile. The oboes play this in the
violins II register. Violas play this in the Line 1 register. The piano is legato trem also on
these A/Bb notes in the Line 3 register (top staff) and Line 2 register (bottom staff).
VC/CB/Fags in the grace bar play ff descending 16 th notes small octave E-D-C#-Great
octave B to (Bar 1) A-A staccato and rinforzando-marked 8ths to A to A simile quarter
notes (repeated next bar) to (Bar 3) A-A 8ths to A quarter note to A 8 th (followed by an
8 th rest). The harps in the grace bar are contrary motion glisses. So harp I is gliss from
Line 1 A quarter note, gliss line up to (Bar 1) Line 3 A 8 th (followed by rest marks). Harp
II is gliss from small octave A quarter note gliss line down to (Bar 1) Contra-octave A
8 th . The snare drum is rolled a quarter note in the grace bar to (Bar 1) two 8 th notes to
quarter notes, and so forth. The timp in Bar 1 in col VC/CB/Fags. Horns in bar 1 play
small octave and Line 1 A-A 8ths to A-A quarter notes (repeated next bar) and so forth as
given for the VC/CB. The bass clarinet is col VC/CB but in the small octave register as
written. Trumpets in Bar 1 play ff Line 1 A/Line 2 D/F# (D maj 2 nd inversion) notes in
the same pattern. Pos play this an octave lower register. The tuba plays Contra-octave A
notes in the pattern given for the VC/CB. The glock is trem rolled on A/Bb notes.
Actually Bar 1 is Bar A, Bar 2 is Bar B, and so forth in the first four bars. After a
quarter rest in Bar D, the chorus sings “It’s A” as Line 2 Cb to Line 1 Bb quarter notes to
(now Bar 1) Line 1 A dotted half note (“Mad”) to (Bar 2) Line 2 D dotted half note
(“Mad”) up to (Bar 3) G dotted half note (“Mad”) up to (Bar 4) Line 3 C dotted half note
(“Mad”) down to (Bar 5) Line 2 A dotted half note tied to 9 th note next bar (“Worl—d”).
Bar 5 corresponds to 00:08 in the cue’s timing. The chorus was solo or is it “soli”?) in
Bars d, 1, 2, 3, 4. After a quarter rest in Bar 5 (start of page 2), the flutes play ff Line 3
D# rinforzando quarter note legato to C# staccato 8 th (followed by an 8 th rest), and silent
until Bar 9. The oboes play this an octave lower register to (Bar 6), after a quarter rest,
Line 1 Bb rinforzando quarter note to A staccato 8 th (followed by an 8 th rest) to (Bar 7),
after two quarter rests, Line 2 C rinforzando quarter note to (Bar 8) Line 1 Bb quarter
note down to G# staccato 8 th (followed by an 8 th rest) to A tenuto quarter note. Etc. After
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