Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

the marimba (same register). Both guitars play as the marimba but an octave higher
register. After a half and quarter rest in Bar 13, violas sound Harmonics (tiny circle
above each note) small octave B/E to B/F# to B/E to B/F# 16ths. Four middle violins
here sound pp small octave B/E to B/E staccato and sforzando 8ths. Clarinet I plays pp
Line 1 E to F# staccato 8ths played 3X to E quarter note. Clarinet II plays small octave
B-B to B-B to B-B 8 th note figures to B quarter note. The sop. Sax plays a passage on
Line 2 B dotted half note tied to 8 th to G-A-B “3” triplet 16ths to (Bar 14) A half note tied
to 8 th .
By Bar 37 the key signature changes to five sharps (B maj/G# min). In Bar 46
(dvd 00:01:59) you hear a five-note motif that will be heard a lot later in the movie. Track
narrates off-screen “The old man was gray and wrinkled” (more like white-haired!). The
solo cello plays espr Line 1 D# down to small octave F# 8ths (crossbeam connected) to
G# up to Line 1 F# 8ths (crossbeam connected) to same F# half note decrescendo. The
vibe plays this p dolce (same registers). After a quarter rest and 8 th rest, the solo horn
sounds p < > Line 1 F# [written Line 2 C#] 8 th to same F# half note. Eight violins II play
Line 1 B half note pp > in bowed trem effect. In Bar 50 (dvd 00:02:17) Spencer narrates,
“Everything about him was old, except his eyes” (blue and cheerful as the sea). Violins
play Line 2 D# down to Line 1 B 8ths (crossbeam connected) to B/D# tenuto 8ths up to
D#/B/Line 3 D# tenuto 8ths to Line 2 D#/Line 3 D# tenuto half notes tied to (Bar 51 in
3/4 time) quarter note (followed by rests). Top staff violas are bowed trem on Line 1 A#
to B-Line 2 D# 8ths to C# half note. Bottom staff violas are bowed trem on Line 1 f# to
E# quarter notes to Fx/A# half notes. VC top staff are bowed trem on B/Line 1 D#
quarter notes to D/D# quarter notes to A#/D# half notes. Bottom staff celli play bowed
trem small octave A#-G# 8ths down to C# quarter note to D# half note. Etc.
Flute I is featured in various sections here playing flowing passages. For example,
at the end of Bar 69 (dvd 00:03:04) flute I plays p Line 2 F# down to D# 16ths down to
(Bar 70) Line 1 B up to Line 2 F# 8ths up to Line 3 E grace note to D# to C# to B “3”
triplet value 8ths to same Line 2 B grace note to “5” quintuplet value 16ths A-G#-F#-E-
D# to E grace note to D#-C#-B-C# 32 nd notes to D# 8 th . Note: I believe the key signature
still maintains the five sharps…
-Reel 1/2 [two beers] The bongo, marimba and timbale are part o the percussion
in this bar scene with the boy and the old man. The key signature is two sharps once
again.
-Reel 1/3 Andante Modto Dolce in 12/8 time. Key signature of five sharps. Dvd
location : 00:05:47. Clarinet I is solo playing small octave B [written Line 1 C#] quarter
note legato to D# 8 th to F# quarter note to E# 8 th to G# quarter note to F# 8 th up to Line 2
C# dotted quarter note tied to dotted quarter note in Bar 2 and to 8 th note (followed by
rests). After a dotted half note and quarter and 8 th rest in Bar 1, the guitar is trem p < on
Line 3 C# dotted quarter note tied to next bar as just given. The bongo there is trem pp on
x-headed dotted quarter note to (Bar 2) x-headed 8 th note (followed by rests). Some
violins II are bowed trem here. The English horn takes over for the clarinet in Bars 3-4.
Etc. Somewhere I have sheets on the following three cues but I misplaced them. If I find
them soon I’ll delineate a bit.
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