Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

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[Introduction] Reel 1-1A, 4/4 time (no tempo-marking) in the key signature of
G maj (1 sharp), 7 pages, 26 bars. Dvd location 00:00:08. Note: There are no cue titles
indicated on the title pages of these orchestrated cues. “Introduction” is simply my own
logical insertion or description. The melody line reminds me of an earlier westerns movie
that Buttolph had a hand on, Calamity Jane. Specifically it reminds me of that beautiful
song, “Take Me Back To The Black Hills” (the black hills of Montana). Same overall
style. This is not the Main Title credits music (of Rossini) but simply the introductory setup
music and scene.
12 violins, flute I and oboe sound p the melody on Line 1 (small octave for 4
violas and 4 celli) D up to G quarter notes to same G double-dotted quarter note to A 16 th
to (Bar 2) B to same B quarter notes down to G double-dotted quarter note to A 16 th to
(Bar 3) B to B up to Line 2 D back to B quarter notes to (Bar 4) A dotted half note tied to
dotted 8 th down to D 16 th . CB play p Great octave and small octave G tenuto dotted
quarter notes (followed by an 8 th rest) to same G dotted quarter notes (followed by an 8 th
rest) and repeated next three bars at least. The tenor sax, bass clarinet and (in rhythmic
variation) piano I play the standard westerns rhythmic pattern that you hear so often in
westerns core (Max Steiner employed it a lot, incidentally, such as in The Hanging Tree).
After a dotted 8 th rest in Bar 1, the tenor sax and bass clarinet (same B-flat transposing
mode) play p Line 1 D [written E] 16 th to E dotted 8 th back to D 16 th (followed by an 8 th
rest) to another such three-note figure (connected by a crossbeam) and repeated thru the
next several bars. Piano I plays Great octave G dotted 8 th up to small octave D 16 th to E
dotted 8 th to D 16 th figure played twice per bar for the next several bars. This piano also
plays Contra-octave G quarter note (followed by a quarter rest) to same quarter note
followed by a rest. The timp softly beats pp Great octave G tenuto dotted quarter note
(followed by an 8 th rest) to same G dotted quarter note followed by an 8 th rest (silent next
bar). The trombones in hat sound p small octave D/G/B (G maj 2 nd inversion) tenuto half
notes to same D/G/B half notes (repeated next two bars) to (Bar 4) E/A/middle C (A min)
tenuto half notes to same E/A/C half notes. Piano II plays p Contra-octave and Great
octave G up to Great octave and small octave D back down to G up to D tenuto quarter
notes (repeated next several bars). The harp plays Great octave G up to small octave D
down to G up to D quarter notes as well.
There is a dynamic build of this melody and simple rhythm starting in Bar 9 (dvd
00:00:26). Sempre p tenuto the melody is played mp by now both flutes and violins
exactly as before but an octave higher register. The oboe and violas/celli play the melody
in the same registers as before (Line 1 for the oboe; small octave for the violas/celli).
Two clarinets now join in to play the melody in the Line 1 register. Also flute II plays in
the Line 1 register (flute I a higher octave). CB now play Great octave and small octave
G 8ths (followed by an 8 th rest) to A 8ths (followed by an 8 th rest) to same A 8ths
(followed by an 8 th rest) to small octave and Line 1 C 8ths (followed by an 8 th rest). The
bass clarinet now plays in legato fashion small octave G to A to B to middle C quarter
notes down to (Bar 10) G-A-B-A quarter notes, and so forth. Bassoons join in to play
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