| Description |
| Description: |
As Mrs. Hammond appears on screen, we hear her theme, muted and delicate, using parallel fifths and a pentatonic melody to represent her ethnicity (the cue sheet calls this theme "Chinese wife"); the theme has an "exotic" feel to it; there is subtle stinger as she sees her husband's dead body in the shed |
| On-screen: |
Mrs. Hammond appears |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 28] p / legato / pp; [m. 30] rall; [m. 32] pp; [m. 34] rit; [m. 35] pp / mp |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 28] House boy appears; [m. 29] They leave; [m. 31] Unlocks door; [m. 32] Opens it for her; [m. 34] She stands; [m. 35] Head boy goes toward her |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 28] 1 flute (no vibrato) / celeste, one harp (both hands) vibraphone + marimba soli; [m. 30] gong / 3 basses (one pizz) / piano; [m. 32] sord / 12 divisi / 4 violas divisi; [m. 33] gong / one pizz / piano; [m. 34] one pizz; [m. 35] 2nd fl / celeste (solo) / harp (solo) / bass one pizz / 2 trbs / hats / piano |
| Analysis: |
The melody is made up of three-to-four note pentatonic fragments; features parallel fifths over a free bass voice |
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| Tags |
Aeolian mode | Chinese | Chinese | death | delicate | dissonant bass | establish character | grieving | open fifth | parallel fifths | parallelism | pentatonic | plantation | stinger | widow
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