Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

notes to E tied notes. Etc. The Main Title (Grandioso in C time) is 22 bars in length. And
I believe part of the Main Title was from Dr. Clitterouse, Bars 1-3, 4-11.
The music seques to Reel � (airport scene), Maestoso in 3/4 time, 70 bars. No
melody initially, just moody sustained dissonant chords (G and G# notes used
simultaneously, etc.). I believe the Reel 2 cue is when someone says, “I’m in a jam.” Reel
3 is Appassionato espre in C time, 43 bars. The scene (00:24:58) is when Matt Cvetic
(Frank Lovejoy) is in the apartment and ends up writing a letter. It’s a nice cue with
sentimental solo performances of the violin and cello but I did not have time to work on
this cue. It was not high on my priority.
Reel 4/1 (Triste in C time) of 21 bars involves the scene with the missing letter.
The dvd location is 00:38:01. Instrumentation is 3 flutes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 Fags,
horns, harp, strings. The harp is arpeggiando (vertical wavy line rolled chord) on Great
octave E/B/small octave G#/B/Line 1 D# (E maj 7 th or E/G#/B/D#) whole notes (silent
next bar). Bassoons play mf Great octave E/B whole notes mf tied to whole notes next bar
to (Bar 3) C#/G# whole notes. The bass clarinet plays Line 1 G# [written A#] tied whole
notes down to (Bar 3) E whole note. Clarinet II plays small octave B tied whole notes to
(Bar 3) G# whole note. Clarinet I plays Line 1 D# dotted half note tied to 8 th note to E 8 th
legato to (Bar 2) D# dotted half note to E to D# 8ths to (Bar 3) small octave B dotted half
note tied to 8 th note to C# 8 th to (Bar 4) D# whole note held fermata. Cued-in CB “play”
small octave E whole note (written tiny here in case the basses don’t actually play) tied to
tiny whole note next bar down to (Bar 3) C# whole note. After a half and 8 th rest in Bar 1,
the solo cello plays Line 1 F# quarter note to C 8 th to (Bar 2) D# dotted half note to C# to
small octave B 8ths up to (Bar 3) D# half note tied to 8 th note to C# to B to A# 8ths to
(Bar 4) middle C# half note to B half note held fermata. After an 8 th rest in Bar 5, the
cello then plays Great octave Bb 8 th up to small octave Eb-G-Bb-Line 1 D 16ths legato
up to F to Eb 8ths to D dotted 8 th to C 16 th to (Bar 6) D dotted half note. Then, after an 8 th
rest in Bar 6, the solo violins plays the same phrase starting small octave Bb 8 th . Etc.
After this is Reel 5/3 (00:43:53) of only 2 bars, a harp gliss and then a brass
chord. This involves a wildcat strike scene. Before this was music by Jimmy Mundy
titled “Don’cha Go-way Mad” and then Chummy MacGregor’s “A Little Bit Longer.”
After Reel 5/3 we hear Arthur Schwartz’s “Ice Cold Katy.” Then Reel 6/A (00:57:39) of
11 bars when she shuts off the light.
My favorite cue is Reel 6/1 that seques the R6/A cue, a suspenseful scene in the
apartment building. When Matt and Helen hurry down the stairs to hide (seeing the two
slimey commies walking up the stairs) has some terrific Steiner descent motion 16 th note
figures. First off in Bar 1 (dvd 00:57:57) in 2/4 time, sords (muted) VC/CB pluck pizz
and p level Great octave A 8 th (followed by an 8 th and quarter rest) and repeated next bar.
They return at the end of Bar 4 in 3/4 time playing (after two quarter rests) Great octave
Bb down to E staccato 8ths (silent next several bars). All strings are sords by the way.
After an 8 th rest in Bar 1, violas top staff pluck pizzicato small octave C# 8 th (followed by
an 8 th rest) up to (Bar 2), after an initial 8 th rest, B 8 th (followed by a quarter rest, and a
full rest in Bar 3. Then in Bar 4 in 3/4 time, the top staff violas pluck B quarter note
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