Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

Shortly in Bar 6 the piccolo plays 32 nd notes Line 2 F-F#-G-G#-A-A#-B-A#-A-G#-G-F#-
F. Pendragon’s Castle is shown in Bar 14 (about 48 seconds into the cue) with the strings
bowed trem in a bitonal fashion (Line 1 Eb/G/Bb and also Line 2 C#/E/A half notes tied
to next bar. The street festival scene starts in Bar 19 (1:02) in 2/2 time.
-“Princess Chamber” [M-15] Cut time in the key signature of three flats. Dvd
location: 00:07:57. Scene: “Interior Chamber; Candle Winks Out.” The harps in Bar 1
sound mf Line 2 Bb down to Line 1 Bb up to Line 2 Bb down to Line 1 Bb quarter notes
and repeated thru Bar 5 to (Bar 6 in 3/4 time) Line 2 Bb down to Line 1 Bb 8ths figure
(crossbeam connected) sounded 3X thru Bar 8. On the second staff (un-indicated
instruments but probably violins & violas) are bowed trem on Lines 1 & 2 Bb whole
notes tied thru Bar 5.On the third staff are the horns playing mf small octave Bb to same
Bb quarter notes to Line 1 Eb to F quarter notes to (Bar 2) G half note to F to Eb quarter
notes to (Bar 3) Ab half note to G to F quarter notes to (Bar 4) small octave Bb whole
note tied to next bar and tied to dotted half notes in Bars 8 thru 8. On the bottom staff are
strings and woodwinds playing Great octave Eb/Bb/small octave Eb/G/Bb (Eb maj)
whole notes tied to next bat to (Bar 3) Eb/Bb/small octave F/Ab/Bb whole notes to (Bar
4) same Eb maj whole notes from Bar 1 tied to next bar, and so on. When Pendragon eyehurls
blue flashes to the toy castle door to turn it (Bar 38 at 00:09:10), the harp and
woodwinds in � time play two “6” sextuplet 16 th note figures followed by one “7”
septuplet 16 th note figure. The harp plays Line 1 Eb-E-F-Gb-G-Ab 16ths to A-Bb-B-Line
2 C-Db-D-Eb 16ths to Eb-E-F-Gb-G-Ab-A 16ths to (Bar 39) BB 8 th . Woodwinds play
small octave A/Line 1 Db to Bb/D to B/Eb to middle C/F to D/Gb 16ths, and so on. The
woodwinds in Bar 39 are then legato trem (like the fingered trem of the strings in similar
notation) between Ab/Line 2 C and Bb/D half notes. Etc.
-“Jack, the Farmer” [M-22] Dvd location 00:13:13. So it took thirteen minutes
into the movie before we get to see our hero, Sinbad—eh, I mean, Jack. The flute in Bar 1
in C time plays a mild pastoral phrase (after an initial 8 th rest) of Line 2 A down to D up
to G 8ths to E down to C 8ths to D down to Line 1 A 8ths to (Bar 2 in 3/4 time) A up to
Line 2 C 8ths to B-Line 2 D 8ths up to F-A 8ths to (Bar 3 in C time) B 8 th down to E
quarter note up to B 8 th to A quarter note down to D quarter note up to A 8 th to (Bar 4) G-
E-D-E legato 16ths to D-C-Line 1 A-B 16ths to G dotted quarter note. Then violins come
in to play Line 2 E 8ths to (Bar 5) D up to F 8ths up to A up to Line 3 C 8ths down to B-
G 8ths down to E dotted 8 th up to B 16 th , and so on. In Bar 9 (dvd 00:13:39) we start to
hear tension in the music (the giant will soon arrive!). Violins are bowed trem mf on Line
2 D to C 8ths (crossbeam connected) to D-C 8ths once again to D-C a third time to Line 1
B-Line 2 C 8ths to (Bar 10) D-C 8ths trem played 3X to E down to C 8ths. Other strings
on that same top staff are bowed trem on Line 1 F/Ab half notes to same F/Ab half notes
(repeated next bar). On the second staff other instruments are trem on small octave B to
middle C8ths played 3X to D-C 8ths (repeated next bar). When the “chicken flies” in Bar
13 (actually thrown by a crewman off screen!) the strings are bowed trem on Line 1
D/F/Ab/Line 2 C/E/G whole notes tied to 8ths next bar in 2/4 time. Here in Bar 14 is
when the horns and tuba play Contra-octave/Great octave/small octave F tenuto and
sforzando-marked quarter notes up to Great octave/small octave/Line 1 E sforzando
quarter notes gliss lines down to (Bar 15 in 4/4 time) Contra-octave/Great octave/small
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