Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

small octave g#/Line 1 D/F#/A 8ths to Db/Eb/F/A/Line 2 C 8ths to middle C/Eb/G , etc.
Other instruments play Line 2 C/Ab/Line 3 C 8ths up to Eb/Line 3 C/Eb 8ths to Line 1
B/Line 2 G/B 16ths to Bb/C/Gb/Bb dotted 8ths, and so forth.
“Luggage” Reel 9/1, 10 pages, 109 bars. Dvd location Chapter 11 at 7:52. Dan
asks many of the passengers to form a row so as to help him move luggage and other
items of unnecessary weight to the rear door for disposal. This will save fuel. Tiomkin
composes highly dramatic music for a highly un-dramatic scene! The music actually
plays against the scene. This was probably quite necessary since this long scene would’ve
been a bit too boring to endure without the hurrying along of con moto music. There is no
rule of film music that the function of music is to always play with the scene as normally
expected! Around 1:22 into the scene is when Wayne says he wants a big man to hold on
to him as he props open the door enough for others to toss out the luggage. Why do this
unnecessarily and endanger himself? All he had to do is set a big suitcase against the door
and fuselage to keep it open. Then he could kick out that final piece of luggage once
everything was thrown out. Well, that’s Hollywood for you!
Reel 9/1A 5 pages, 45 bars. Bar 24 = “Terrific.”
“ “ cont. 8 pages, 122 bars.
Reel 9/A Lento,molto espressivo 15 bars.
Reel 9/2. This has exactly the same tempo-marking as the above so I wonder if
it’s the same cue or an alternate? 13 bars here instead of 15. Ends with the gong
sounding.
Violins in 4/4 time play small octave A# quarter note legato up to Line 1 G half
note down to E quarter note to (Bar 2) D# half note (+ alto flute here) to F# to E quarter
notes to (Bar 3) with added flute and muted horn Lines 1 & 2 D# quarter notes to F# half
notes to D# quarter notes to (Bar 4) Lines 1 & 2 C# quarter notes up to G# dotted half
notes. Violas and celli play bowed trem whole notes Great octave B/small octave
C#/E/G/A# to (Bar 2) small octave G/A# whole notes bowed trem to (Bar 3) F#/A/B
whole note (+ bass clarinet).
Skipping some here we come to Reel 11/2, Grandioso in 2/4 time, 4 pages, 43
bars. Reel 10/1 (“Tension”) is a continuation. In Reel 11 we start off with “Qualen’s
Tune” by John Qualen, visual instrumental, 1:35 duration.
Reel 11/2, Very Slow,Dolcissimo in 4/4 time, 5 pages, 44 bars. Dvd location start
of Chapter 13. The High & the Mighty theme is played softly here. The oboe starts off
with Line 2 G down to E to D to C quarter notes to (Bar 2) Line 1 B quarter note (+
clarinet) gliss up to Line 2 G half note held fermata to C-B 8ths to (Bar 30 A quarter note
gliss up to G quarter note, and so on. Muted strings play (with horn) Line 1 E/G half
notes to F/G quarter notes to E/G quarter notes to (Bar 2) D/F dotted half notes to E 8 th to
D/F 8ths, and so forth.
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