Ilan Eshkeri's Stardust: A Film Score Guide

185 Pages·2013·2.077 MB·English

by  Ian Sapiro

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CONTENTS

List of Figures ix
List of Tables xiii
Editor’s Foreword Kate Daubney xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xix

Chapter 1 Eshkeri’s Musical and Filmic Background 1

Chapter 2 Eshkeri’s Working Methods and Approach to Scoring 15

Chapter 3 Critical Context of the Book, Film, and Narrative 47

Chapter 4 Creation and Production of the Score 67

Chapter 5 Analysis and Readings of the Score 93

Notes 129
Appendix 145
Bibliography 147
Index 155
About the Author 163
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FIGURES

2.1 Reduction of the orchestral score for bars 50–55 of 4M34 21
2.2 String parts for bars 13–15 of 4M34 22
2.3 Reduced orchestration of bars 1–14 of 7M74 23
2.4 Rhythmic string ostinato from the opening cue of Centurion 26
2.5 Opening bars of 1M1 from Stardust 27
2.6a Violins from bars 17–20 of 3M29 from Stardust, which feature
the ascending tone–semitone octatonic scale. 28
2.6b Strings from bars 23–32 of 4M34 from Stardust, showing
successive sets of ascending five-note minor scales presented
over static harmonies 28
2.7 Start of Shearmur’s Johnny English theme (left) and Eshkeri’s
Johnny English Reborn theme (right), showing the use of a brief
quotation of the former in the latter 34
2.8 Trumpet and horn parts from bars 54–59 of 7M70 “Fat Witch
Dies,” showing the use of Prokofiev’s “Wolf” theme 36
2.9 Opening motif of Star Wars and the first phrase of the “Flying
Bicycles” theme from E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, both by John
Williams 37
2.10 “Todesfinale” from Ring of the Nibelungs and the start of
7M76/77 “Coronation Parts 1 & 2” from Stardust 38
2.11 Melody of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and one use in the Stardust
score—bars 34–39 of 7M74 “Shining.” Note how the initial
minor tonality caused by the flat sixth (D ) is countered by the
major scale that follows it. 41
2.12 Comparison of the harmonic structures of the chorus to Rule
the World and 7M78 “Coronation Part 3” from Stardust 45

3.1 Stardust’s “Magic” texture, bars 23–25 from 1M4 “Snowdrop” 64
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