source file: m1378.txt Date: 07 Apr 98 13:55:01 -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. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >^ 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) ^ >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ My recollection is that Lux Aeterna (for 16 voices) is heard during trip across the moon to where the monolith is buried. The Requiem (which is voices and a small wind ensemble) is the monolith theme (heard at least three times). And Atmospheres is heard during the Stargate sequence -Henry Willard P.S. Sorry for the extra message.