Cassandra Marie Lambros
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Musical paintbrushes...imagery and feelings through sound

In this blog, I will be selecting many sound clips from Puccini's opera Tosca and analyze the tonal paintings in them. I will also be selecting other works from other composers and throw in an aria analysis here and there.

Directors and composers working together..part 2

2/22/2017

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Here is another magnificent example of two geniuses working together to create a scene. At :30, ET's glowing heart creates a beautiful note, which happens to be on an A. This coincides with the orchestra's jump up on an A an octave higher, but they don't stay on it; they go down to a G...creating an awesome dissonance of a second, between the orchestra's G and ET's A. At 1:43, the leap in the orchestra coincides with the boy's hand movement on "ouch". At 1:15, the horns have a lonely sounding melody as the camera shows the boy's siblings. At 1:54, the orchestration changes again, right on ET's finger glow..and Maestro Williams even added bells or something of that sort..perfectly timed.
As ET says "I'll be right here", the orchestra stays put temporarily, but as soon as ET says it the brass comes in with their epic line, all by themselves. The boy doesn't speak until the last beat of the line actually, on his word "Bye". This really emphasizes the orchestration here, and again, is so perfectly timed.
As ET bends down for the flowers, again, we come into a new orchestration..a quicker tempo this time. As the dog runs up to follow ET, so does the score, with off-the-beat bass lines to give the effect of running. Video courtesy of Movieclips.

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  • Home
  • Violin: bella sonore!
    • Instrumental biography
    • violinist
  • singing: La voce e la vita!
    • vocal biography
    • working with Dennis Hyams
    • opera and musical theatre
    • oratorio work
    • sacred music
  • International work
  • doll restoration
    • restoration of hard plastic/vinyl dolls
    • restoration of composition dolls
    • restoration of bisque dolls
    • restoration of Barbies >
      • restoration of a color magic barbie
  • food art
    • wedding and anniversary cakes
    • special occasion cakes
    • other cakes
    • elaborate cookies and desserts >
      • creation of a 3-D sugar cookie
  • "crochet-tivity"
    • scarves, cowls, and tea cozies!!
    • my hats
    • my one-of-a-kind stitches
    • my mother's bowtie scarves
  • other artwork
  • Ballet: a poem in motion
  • Musical paintbrushes
  • art analysis
  • Contact