Audiovisual

Farne un tutt’uno

Analysing Morricone’s music for The Mission

Intro: [32:14]

Provisional first part in a film music analysis film project. Includes: [1] Morricone’s problema a farne un tutt’uno and basic questions about the role of music in the film; [2] how to do a cue list; [3] how to name musical ideafs ‘‘sick strings’ (m1A1: 07:35), ‘death drum’ (m2A1: 10:37), etc.; [3] systemising musemes, incl. taxonomy issues; [4] from 27:04, presentation of musemes m1A1a, m1A1b, m1A1c (sick string variants), m1A2 (string screech), m1A3 (visceral string disturbance, incl. ‘Jaws’ motif), and (from 31:27) m1B (tangled woodwind: ‘Penance’)... to be continued...