This is one of the most famous horror themes ever from the film 'The Exorcist'.
The song itself is called 'Tubular Bells' in reference to the instrument playing the
main ostinato and riff. In the key of E and with an irregular time signature of 7/8 and two
bars of 9/8 to every repetition there is a constant feel of displacement with the
audience as a rhythm is one which sometimes arrives in unison but mostly
syncopated with a standard 'human' rhythm. When I state 'human' rhythm it
is in connection to the pace of walking with 2 feet to create a 4/4 beat and the
same applies to heartrate. There is a distinct use of the displaced rhythm as a
metaphor for the inhumane emotionsand actions of the film.
The innocence of the bells' timbre in conjunction with the aleatoric motionis a
vivid clash of connotation perfect for a horror film's psychological impact.
The song itself is called 'Tubular Bells' in reference to the instrument playing the
main ostinato and riff. In the key of E and with an irregular time signature of 7/8 and two
bars of 9/8 to every repetition there is a constant feel of displacement with the
audience as a rhythm is one which sometimes arrives in unison but mostly
syncopated with a standard 'human' rhythm. When I state 'human' rhythm it
is in connection to the pace of walking with 2 feet to create a 4/4 beat and the
same applies to heartrate. There is a distinct use of the displaced rhythm as a
metaphor for the inhumane emotionsand actions of the film.
The innocence of the bells' timbre in conjunction with the aleatoric motionis a
vivid clash of connotation perfect for a horror film's psychological impact.
Unaware as to the whole song, only to the leitmotif, when listening further the similarities
to my composition are apparent. The piano's dissonant and atonal movement is mimicked
in my piece only by co-incidence and hopefully the idea of possession
(of which both films highly premisciate on), is directly responsible for the use of this section.
to my composition are apparent. The piano's dissonant and atonal movement is mimicked
in my piece only by co-incidence and hopefully the idea of possession
(of which both films highly premisciate on), is directly responsible for the use of this section.
The more contemporary horror films which have inspired me included 'The Ring'.
The main theme in this film is sung by a small child, who is infact the dead girl,
in amore mockingly sadistic way. The use of the hapy lyrics in juxtaposition to
the atonal melody which acutally gradually descends to then be recapitulated
in a circular fashion directly provoked me to use a similar technique but translate
it on the istrumentation and its playing. I used a huge glide factor in the violin samples
I chose creating the rise and fall, almost like waves, in my piece.
The temptation for me was to introduce a small female vocal part in reflection of
our premise but using that would be a predictable device.
In the essence of aleatoric construction I took a recording of a car driving past a
microphone and dmpald it to create and lamost satic sound.
There is a filter and alot of resolution decrease in the final sound to create the
unpredictable 'white noise' which i have swept in the sound field.
The main theme in this film is sung by a small child, who is infact the dead girl,
in amore mockingly sadistic way. The use of the hapy lyrics in juxtaposition to
the atonal melody which acutally gradually descends to then be recapitulated
in a circular fashion directly provoked me to use a similar technique but translate
it on the istrumentation and its playing. I used a huge glide factor in the violin samples
I chose creating the rise and fall, almost like waves, in my piece.
The temptation for me was to introduce a small female vocal part in reflection of
our premise but using that would be a predictable device.
In the essence of aleatoric construction I took a recording of a car driving past a
microphone and dmpald it to create and lamost satic sound.
There is a filter and alot of resolution decrease in the final sound to create the
unpredictable 'white noise' which i have swept in the sound field.
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