| Description |
| Description: |
Indonesian gamelan-style music is played under the scene to establish the Southeast-Asian location for the film, with a simple double-reed melody over a steady drum beat and various gong-like instruments (or bells); onscreen we see a reed player and drummer; the drummer's hand actions move in tempo with Steiner's music; we do not see anyone playing gamelan instruments; music goes out with an unexpected gun shot |
| On-screen: |
Men sleeping in hammocks |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 1] mp; [m. 4] This is the "Me-Layem" orchestra - with a slight "overlap"!!! / "Moe"rendo |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 1] Tempo track |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 1] str div + celeste / cell / basses (piano); [m. 3] finger cymbals / 2 tomtoms (or timps) (also finger cymbals) / 4 drummers / one on gong; [m. 5] Cymbaloum [cimbalom] (or harp with paper) / marimba or Bali Bells (Frank is trying to get them); [m. 7] E.H. (Cue in alto flute, but give it to Bergh!) |
| Analysis: |
Pentatonic melodies with recurring melodic cells; harmonized with quintal chords |
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| Tags |
Dorian mode | dripping | establish location | exoticism | gamelan | gunshot | Indonesian music | melodic cell | mysterious | native | on-screen music | panning shot | pentatonic | plantation | playing music | quintal chord | setting | Singapore | sleeping
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