King Mark 3,631 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 A.I. track "Replicas" between 2.50 and 2.55...that "whooosh" sound, you know that sound before a trailer suddenly fades to black and then they show a glimpse of the big monsterIt's very RCPish,I' m surprised Williams wrote something like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 If it belongs to the scene I think, it has to do more with Spielberg's style than anything else. Point in case: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 The sound KM's referring to is a tutti 'glissando to highest pitch.' In other words, the entire orchestra (including chorus) slides to the highest possible note they can play. This is an aleatoric technique that you can find in many earlier JW scores, though not usually done with voices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 I see, but it does make an appearance in every action movie trailer for the past 15 years,, so I've come to associate it with the "generic trailer music" sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 TheGreyPilgrim has a thread about classical sources for modern pieces. An even cooler thread might be to see if we can find the chronological ancestry of a technique used in a modern film score. i.e. where else do we see this immediately before AI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 That's a Sharky thread, I couldn't possibly take credit. I have considered starting an opposite thread though: recommend film music similar to given concert music. The influence works both ways these days. Tracing certain techniques would also be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 It seems simply a variation an an old and well used device to use a rising chord to denote a moment of importance, anticipation or suspense. Like the rising chord used for every single cut-to-a-commercial-break from every Star Trek TNG episode.For trailer music, it is just another tool to suggest a certain atmosphere. I doubt it is specifically derived from the Williams track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I also can't help but think of this whenever I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 The sound KM's referring to is a tutti 'glissando to highest pitch.' In other words, the entire orchestra (including chorus) slides to the highest possible note they can play. This is an aleatoric technique that you can find in many earlier JW scores, though not usually done with voices.I might be wrong, but doesn't he do it in both "CE3K" ("The Abduction Of Barry") and "WOTW" (when the Martians kill people) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I think he does something similar in "The Miracle of the Ark" from the first Indy as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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