Jar Jar

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Regarding the sound, it was really marvelous ! Hook ans Star Wars were perfectly balanced d the sound crystal clear.
 
as I have read before, the bassi were enjoying their part dancing with their instruments.
 
the concertmaster was quite stressed but managed. 
 
i cried on raiders !
 
regarding the mistakes, Williams made a sign he was not happy to the 1rst violins during CE3K, but corrected instantly.
during HP, Anne Sophie was late in time when playing the pizzicati chords but Williams and her smiled at each other (« ok i have been spotted »). It was not at all a big issue.
 
I didn’t spot the ET mess-up but wasn’t carried by the climax so maybe that’s the reason.
 
but the concert was so magical, so full of joy from the crowd and the musicians. It was perfect.
 
Even Anne Sophie, she stayed to play the Raider encore. Usually Soloists don’t accept to play Violin1 parts, because there is a lot of ego and they are above the other players.
she took the V1 music sheet and played with humility with the 1rst violins. It shows how the concert was quite a moment for everybody.
 
 

Regarding the sound, it was really marvelous ! Hook ans Star Wars were perfectly balanced d the sound crystal clear.
 
as I have read before, the bassi were enjoying their part dancing with their instruments.
 
the concertmaster was quite stressed but managed. 
 
i cried on raiders !
 
regarding the mistakes, Williams made a sign he was not happy to the 1rst violins during CE3K, but corrected instantly.
during HP, Anne Sophie was late in time when playing the pizzicati chords but Williams and her smiled at each other (« ok i have been spotted »). It was not at all a big issue.
 
I didn’t spot the ET mess-up but wasn’t carried by the climax so maybe that’s the reason.
 
but the concert was so magical, so full of joy from the crowd and the musicians. It was perfect.
 
Even Anne Sophie, she stayed to play the Raider encore. Usually Soloists don’t accept to play Violin1 parts, because there is a lot of ego and they are above the other players.
she took the V1 music sheet and played with humility with the 1rst violins. It shows how the concert was quite a moment for everybody.
 
 

Regarding the sound, it was really marvelous ! Hook ans Star Wars were perfectly balanced d the sound crystal clear.
 
as I have read before, the bassi were enjoying their part dancing with their instruments.
 
the concertmaster was quite stressed but managed. 
 
i cried on raiders !
 
regarding the mistakes, Williams made a sign he was not happy to the 1rst violins during CE3K, but corrected instantly.
during HP, Anne Sophie was late in time when playing the pizzicati chords but Williams and her smiled at each other (« ok i have been spotted »). It was not at all a big issue.
 
I didn’t spot the ET mess-up but wasn’t carried by the climax so maybe that’s the reason.
 
but the concert was so magical, so full of joy from the crowd and the musicians. It was perfect.
 
Even Anne Sophie, she stayed to play the Raider encore. Usually Soloists don’t accept to play Violin1 parts, because there is a lot of ego and they are above the other players.
she took the V1 music sheet and played with humility with the 1rst violins. It shows how the concert was quite a moment for everybody.
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Regarding the sound, it was really marvelous ! Hook ans Star Wars were perfectly balanced d the sound crystal clear.
 
as I have read before, the bassi were enjoying their part dancing with their instruments.
 
the concertmaster was quite stressed but managed. 
 
i cried on raiders !
 
regarding the mistakes, Williams made a sign he was not happy to the 1rst violins during CE3K, but corrected instantly.
during HP, Anne Sophie was late in time when playing the pizzicati chords but Williams and her smiled at each other (« ok i have been spotted »). It was not at all a big issue.
 
I didn’t spot the ET mess-up but wasn’t carried by the climax so maybe that’s the reason.
 
but the concert was so magical, so full of joy from the crowd and the musicians. It was perfect.
 
Even Anne Sophie, she stayed to play the Raider encore. Usually Soloists don’t accept to play Violin1 parts, because there is a lot of ego and they are above the other players.
she took the V1 music sheet and played with humility with the 1rst violins. It shows how the concert was quite a moment for everybody.
 
 

Regarding the sound, it was really marvelous ! Hook ans Star Wars were perfectly balanced d the sound crystal clear.
 
as I have read before, the bassi were enjoying their part dancing with their instruments.
 
the concertmaster was quite stressed but managed. 
 
i cried on raiders !
 
regarding the mistakes, Williams made a sign he was not happy to the 1rst violins during CE3K, but corrected instantly.
during HP, Anne Sophie was late in time when playing the pizzicati chords but Williams and her smiled at each other (« ok i have been spotted »). It was not at all a big issue.
 
I didn’t spot the ET mess-up but wasn’t carried by the climax so maybe that’s the reason.
 
but the concert was so magical, so full of joy from the crowd and the musicians. It was perfect.
 
Even Anne Sophie, she stayed to play the Raider encore. Usually Soloists don’t accept to play Violin1 parts, because there is a lot of ego and they are above the other players.
she took the V1 music sheet and played with humility with the 1rst violins. It shows how the concert was quite a moment for everybody.
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi Guys, it was incredible !
 
i was in row 3 so some good pictures ! 
 
 

Hi all, it helped me a lot.
 
I have finished to study this cue. The writing is so clever. Finally the harmony evloved from the hextatonic scale to the Hungarian minor scale (minor mode with augmented fourth).
 
It's incredible how Williams plays with a three notes motif allthrough a 4 minutes piece modulating and changing the harmony and instrumentation in order to not bore the listener.
 
I am starting Harry Wondrous world now. Listening to the tune, it's seems largely more tonal.
 
If you don't mind I will use this trhead to ask for questions if needed.
 
Thanks a lot for your help and happy new year.

It can be tough to analyze some of this stuff through the lens of classical harmony. For what it's worth, I feel Bb as the closest thing to the tonic, not A. So the initial chords alternate between Gb+ (or Bb+) and Bbm, as you said, although the melody tinges them as Gb add b6 and BbmM7. There is no conventional scale (to my knowledge) that this all fits into, which is not unusual for Williams. He's just following his gut on stuff that sounds good. EDIT: I'm wrong about that last part - see @Ludwig's excellent post right below mine. Augmented scale FTW!

These first few bars all come from what's called the hexatonic scale (or the augmented scale for jazzers), in this case:
 
Bb-Db-D-F-Gb-A
 
It's a six-note scale based on alternating minor 3rds (or augmented 2nds) and minor 2nds that Williams uses in his action music and in moments of mystery.
 
I think @Datameister is right in calling Bb the tonic since it kind of resolves on that chord. But notice that the scale allows you to transpose anything up or down by major 3rd and still keep the intervals exactly the same. That makes the sense of a tonic very insecure, perfect for those moments of mystery Williams uses the scale for.

Hi guys,
i am studying Fawkes the phoenix and I have found a pretty dissonance. The bridge at 1’06 is sounding very pleasing. However by analysing it, it’s strong dissonants polychords.
 
 
During the 2 bars sequence (repeated twice before the modulation), the lower register plays a AMajadd2 chord (A B C# E) followed by a DMaj7\F# and back to the Amajadd2.
 
On the upper register we got other chords:
a quartal B : B C# E F# which marvelously matches the Amajadd2 à la Debussy.
Then it moves to B7\A which is really dissonant on the piano vs the DMaj7 followed by a F#min7 which is ok vs the Amajadd2.
 
But I am amazed how it sounds good on the track but so dissonant when playing thd B7 vs the D7 at the piano.
 
What do you think about it ?