A Couple of Light Flourishes
A Couple of Light Flourishes
I’ve been looking at some of those elusive orchestral flourishes in Return to Neverland and Attack of the Clones, and it’s often surprising how light and simple these things are once you work them out. It’s also easy to be too heavy-handed with the orchestration, with too many doublings, when simplicity and clarity work best.
“Pan’s Flourish” is simply an upward run and stab, but it’s interesting to look at how the orchestration helps accentuate and clarify the gesture.
Professionally-engraved version generously copied by Jimmy Lockett:
“Neapolitan Flourish” sounds elusive, but is just an accompanied melody with very simple orchestration. The Neapolitan harmony and the way it trails off is something I spotted in Williams’ Attack of the Clones.
Professionally-engraved version generously copied by Jimmy Lockett:
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
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