source file: m1378.txt Date: 07 Apr 98 13:43:05 -0700 Subject: Re: Subject: microtonality in popular music From: "HWILLARD.US.ORACLE.COM" >>2001: The vocal (choral) music associated with the black monolith. Probably >> something on the order of 15 minutes into the movie, again as a guess. >>I haven't checked into either of those suggestions. I don't recall either >>being particularly microtonal, but I don't have any reason to doubt what >>they're saying. >The pieces by Gyorgy Ligeti in 2001 include Lux Aeterna (the choral piece >associated with the monolith), Atmospheres (used during the "Stargate" >sequence), and the Requiem (I believe also used during the Stargate >sequence). Though Ligeti has been known to use non-12tet notes, as far as I >remember (I don't have the scores handy), these pieces used 12tet pitches, >mostly in clusters. They are classics of the 1960s school of textural or >sound-mass composition. >Penderecki has on occassion asked for quarter-tone clusters or microtonal >melodic inflections in his works of the same period. Kubrick used some of >Penderecki's pieces (as well as Ligeti's Lontano, if memory serves) in The >Shining, though I don't recall if they were pieces that included >microtones. >Here's some trivia about these films: Alex North was hired by Kubrick to do >a complete orchestral score for 2001 and he did. The entire score was then >trashed when Kubrick decided he liked the temp track of the Blue Danube >more. (North later turned parts of the score into a concert piece that I >haven't heard). Similarly, Wendy Carlos wrote a score for The Shining, of >which only two pieces survived, including the terrifying quotation of the >Dies Irae which opens the film. Does anyone know if her pieces used >alternate tunings, or if the rejected pieces ever saw the light of day in >another form? > >Bill > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >^ Bill Alves email: alves@hmc.edu ^ >^ Harvey Mudd College URL: http://www2.hmc.edu/~alves/ ^ >^ 301 E. Twelfth St. (909)607-4170 (office) ^ >^ Claremont CA 91711 USA (909)607-7600 (fax) ^ >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^