Ooooh Bop Sh-Bam ("But then, I'm not opinionated")
Here is something to think about. It is the work of Phil Tagg (of U. of Montréal). A musicologist who really digs into todays questions
Labels: film music
posted by Peter (the other) @ 11:44 PM
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Ten Little Title Tunes
The Emergence of Cinematic Time
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so brilliant! had to stealit.
Well you go right ahead. I sure hope he posts some of his other work soon. he has a wonderful analysis of the main title to Kojak and also of Morricone's score to The Mission.
Brilliant! Your words are correct -- something to think about. I'll do just that, then go back and watch/listen again. Or perhaps just listen...
Should someone tell him that the Intel tag is actually five notes (he misses the first one)...
Tim, although he only refers to them as "the last four notes" (not denying the existance of the first note), I think, using his terminology, the first note could be called an "episodic marker", and what some others term a "clarion call". As well, the 'transcansion' of those four notes with Intel Inside is pretty apparent. Perhaps if you leave this comment on the YouTube sight, he might respond.
Of course there's a "blang" before the "four notes". I'm not dealing with that because (a) as Peter says, it's more of an episodic marker to break from the preceding ad; and (b) anyhow it's a complex of timbres and several more notes, not just one more (it's polyphonic, the rest isn't). I decided to deal with the "four notes" (basically monophonic unless you include the reverb) of the actual jingle/transscansion itself, not with the seven or eight notes involved in the episodic marker plus the four notes. There's enough in those four notes alone for a 15-minute edutainment clip (more IOCM, more commutations, etc.). Four of the 5-minute clip's minutes deal with just the 4 notes. There's a little more on the web about the episodic marker at http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_la_grapevine_66/ ... Another time, perhaps! "Four syllables, four notes", as Walter Werzowa, the jingle's composer himself said.
Nice work, Phil! Stimulating, inspiring. Very much liked "Breakfast at Ibotirama" as well. Who knew ABBA was sprinkled with angel dust? (I've always found their sound kind of irritating. :-)
The musical assocation that those four notes always trigger for me is Mama Rose from Gypsy: "I had a dream..."
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