Woodstock
Woodstock Then and Now – A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Woodstock Then and Now is a first-hand transcription of a series of roundtable discussions and interviews with “Woodstock luminaries” held at the Berklee College of Music in April 2019. Here, the words of Michael Lang (Woodstock co-founder), Chip Monck (emcee, lighting and stage designer), Bill Hanley (audio engineer), Henry Diltz and Elliott Landy (photographers), Rona Elliot (public relations), and Gerardo Velez (percussionist for Jimi Hendrix) are presented for scholars and fans alike. Meeting all together for the first time since 1969, these luminaries shared Woodstock stories, talking about the impact of the festival on their careers and society as a whole.
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Alex Ludwig
Associate Professor; Interim Assistant Chair of the Liberal Arts
Berklee College of Music
Biography
Alex Ludwig is an Associate Professor of Liberal Arts at Berklee College of Music. I teach music history courses ranging from The Beatles to Viennese Modernism and Film Music. My research interests include Sonata Theory and the role of editing in film musicals. In addition, I have been cataloguing film scores that use the chant melody “Dies Irae.” Check my list and let me know if you’ve found a new one for me.
When I’m not teaching, I’m playing and coaching soccer, or watching hockey, or running after my son, Lucas, or our new dog, Sofi.
Interests
- Sonata Theory
- Dies Irae
- Film Musicals
Education
PhD in Musicology, 2010
Brandeis University
MFA in Musicology, 2003
Brandeis University
BM in String Performance, Cello, 2001
Boston University
Recent Posts
My Pedagogy Video
Recent Radio Appearances
Shazam and the Online Listening Quiz
Let Flubaroo Grade It!
Dies Irae
The use of the “Dies irae” plainchant has a long history in film music and other assorted media.1 Its liturgical text comprises vivid imagery of burning ash, illustrating the final day of judgement, and its modal music fits comfortably within a tonal context, highlighting the lowered third and seventh scale degrees. It is no surprise then that quoting the “Dies irae” chant remains a popular option for composers of film music; in fact, using the “Dies irae” in your film score today usually ellicits the same response of recognition in listeners as does the stock sound effect known as the “Wilhelm Scream.” Prominent examples of this chant appear in nearly every decade of the history of film music, ranging from It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) to Frozen 2 (2019) and The Mandalorian (2020).
Table of Contents
Playlist of YouTube Supercuts
Here are my YouTube supercuts, including nearly 300 examples of the Dies Irae in film, television, and video games:
.Collection of Podcast Appearances
Here are the various podcast episodes on which I have appeared to talk about the Dies Irae:
Why This Creepy Melody Is In So Many Movies
*the VOX video on which I consulted and appeared as a talking head
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Here and Now
*a podcast version of the “National Public Radio” show
Star Wars Music Minute
*a podcast where we nerd out about 5 minutes from A New Hope
Star Wars Music Minute
*a podcast where we nerd out about 5 minutes from SOLO
My List of Dies Irae Quotations
| Film | Year | Composer | Time Stamp | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolis | 1927 | Gottfried Huppertz | 0:32:34 | 1 |
| Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | 1972 | Hugo Riesenfeld | 1:19:20 | 3 |
| Day of Wrath | 1943 | Poul Schierbeck | 0:00:01 | 1 |
| Know Your Enemy: Japan | 1945 | Dmitri Tiomkin | 0:24:57 | 1 |
| It’s a Wonderful Life | 1946 | Dmitri Tiomkin | 0:25:15 | 1-3 |
| Angel on My Shoulder | 1946 | Dmitri Tiomkin | 0:13:00 | 1 |
| Young Bess | 1953 | Miklós Rózsa | 0:27:48 | 1 |
| I Confess | 1953 | Dmitri Tiomkin | 0:01:55 | 1 |
| The Sheep Has Five Legs | 1954 | Georges Van Parys | 0:15:25 | 2 |
| Garden of Evil | 1954 | Bernard Herrmann | 0:28:00 | 1 |
| On the Waterfront | 1954 | Leonard Bernstein | 1:33:20 | 2 |
| Between Heaven and Hell | 1956 | Hugo Friedhofer | 0:00:30 | 1 |
| Sleeping Beauty | 1957 | Jack Lawrence & Sammy Fain | 0:30:00 | 3 |
| The Seventh Seal | 1957 | Erik Nodren | 00:08:00 | 2 |
| The Screaming Skull | 1958 | Ernst Gold | 0:02:02 | 1 |
| The Return of Dracula | 1958 | Gerald Fried | 0:00:14 | 1 |
| Compulsion | 1959 | Lionel Newman | 1:03:20 | 1 |
| Some Like It Hot | 1959 | Adolph Deutsch | 1:58:01 | 2 |
| Fall of the House of Usher | 1960 | Les Baxter | 1:08:11 | 1 |
| The Unforgiven | 1960 | Dmitri Tiomkin | 1:16:42 | 2 |
| Psycho | 1960 | Bernard Herrmann | 0:11:50 | 3 |
| El Cid | 1961 | Miklós Rózsa | 1:34:23 | 1 |
| The Great Escape | 1963 | Elmer Bernstein | 02:11:15 | 2 |
| Jason and the Argonauts | 1963 | Bernard Herrmann | 1:37:00 | 1 |
| The Jar | 1964 | Bernard Herrmann | 0:09:59 | 1 |
| Becket | 1964 | Laurence Rosenthal | 0:03:40 | 1 |
| I Malamando | 1964 | Ennio Morricone | 1:15:50 | 1 |
| Fists in the Pocket | 1965 | Ennio Morricone | 0:00:01 | 2 |
| Nightmare Castle | 1965 | Ennio Morricone | 0:25:30 | 1 |
| The Bible: In the Beginning | 1966 | Toshiro Mayuzumi | 0:27:50 | 1 |
| War and Peace | 1966 | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov | 1:44:39 | 1 |
| Escalation | 1968 | Ennio Morricone | 0:00:00 | 1 |
| Dracula has Risen from the Grave | 1968 | James Bernard | 0:13:25 | 1B |
| The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh | 1971 | Nora Orlandi | 0:28:46 | 1B |
| Lust for a Vampire | 1971 | Harry Robinson | 0:50:15 | 1 |
| A Clockwork Orange | 1971 | Wendy Carlos | 00:01:00 | 1 |
| Mephisto Waltz | 1971 | Jerry Goldsmith | 00:00:31 | 1 |
| The Devils | 1971 | Peter Maxwell Davies | 0:06:21 | 1 |
| Vampire Circus | 1972 | David Whitaker | 0:49:12 | 1 |
| The Vault of Horror | 1973 | Douglas Gamley | 0:00:06 | 1 |
| Le Trio Infernal | 1974 | Ennio Morricone | 1:06:20 | 1B |
| From Beyond the Grave | 1974 | Douglas Gamley | 00:00:38 | 1 |
| The Devil is a Woman | 1974 | Ennio Morricone | 0:00:54 | 1 |
| The Omen | 1976 | Jerry Goldsmith | 0:00:08 | 1 |
| Obsession | 1976 | Bernard Herrmann | 0:52:06 | 1 |
| The Car | 1977 | Leonard Rosenman | 00:00:17 | 1 |
| A New Hope | 1977 | John Williams | 00:40:15 | 1 |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | John Williams | 00:44:12 | 1 |
| Superman | 1978 | John Williams | 0:12:36 | 3 |
| Cruise Into Terror | 1978 | Gerald Fried | 0:01:00 | 1 |
| The Medusa Touch | 1978 | Michael J. Lewis | 1:41:06 | 2 |
| Alien | 1979 | Jerry Goldsmith | 01:53:30 | 2 |
| The Killer Nun | 1979 | Alessandro Alessandroni | 0:00:01 | 1 |
| Moonraker | 1979 | John Barry | 0:32:30 | 3 |
| The Shining | 1980 | Wendy Carlos | 00:00:00 | 1 |
| Heavy Metal | 1981 | Elmer Bernstein | 1:10:48 | 2 |
| Conan the Barbarian | 1982 | Basil Poledouris | 01:51:13 | 1 |
| Superstition | 1982 | David Gibney | 0:04:05 | 1 |
| Top Secret! | 1984 | Maurice Jarre | 0:32:17 | 1 |
| Poltergeist | 1982 | Jerry Goldsmith | 01:44:01 | 2 |
| Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | 1985 | Philip Glass | 00:35:15 | 3 |
| Legend | 1985 | Tangerine Dream | 0:21:14 | 2 |
| Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | 1985 | Henry Manfredini | 00:01:59 | 2 |
| Back to the Future | 1985 | Alan Silvestri | 1:07:25 | 2 |
| Friday the 13th: Part VI, Jason Lives | 1986 | Henry Manfredini | 00:04:15 | 2 |
| Big Trouble in Little China | 1986 | John Carpenter/Alan Howarth | 00:11:11 | 1 |
| The Mission | 1986 | Ennio Morricone | 00:32:56 | 1 |
| Ferris Bueller’s Day Off | 1986 | Ira Newborn | 00:00:08 | 2 |
| Empire of the Sun | 1987 | John Williams | 0:30:00 | 3 |
| Friday the 13th: Part VII, The New Blood | 1988 | Henry Manfredini | 00:15:03 | 1-2 |
| Predator | 1987 | Alan Silvestri | 1:15:00 | 2b |
| The Accidental Tourist | 1988 | John Williams | 1:54:33 | 2 |
| Willow | 1988 | James Horner | 1:24:20 | 2 |
| Murder She Wrote S5E13 | 1989 | David Bell | 0:13:00 | 1 |
| Quantam Leap S2E11 | 1989 | Mike Post | 0:42:01 | 2 |
| Batman | 1989 | Danny Elfman | 1:13:33 | 3 |
| Dead Poets Society | 1989 | Maurice Jarre | 0:35:00 | 3 |
| Home Alone | 1990 | John Williams | 00:06:58 | 1 |
| Gremlins 2 | 1990 | Jerry Goldsmith | 01:34:48 | 2 |
| The Witches | 1990 | Stanley Myers | 0:28:00 | 1 |
| Maniac Cop 2 | 1990 | Jay Chattaway | 1:17:51 | 2 |
| Presumed Innocent | 1990 | John Williams | 0:45:19 | 2 |
| Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | Alan Mencken | 0:10:25 | 2b |
| Sleeping with the Enemy | 1991 | Jerry Goldsmith | 1:25:20 | 1 |
| Batman Returns | 1992 | Danny Elfman | 00:12:15 | 1 |
| Jurassic Park | 1993 | John Williams | 01:18:30 | 1 |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | Danny Elfman | 0:15:35 | 1 |
| Demolition Man | 1993 | Eliot Goldenthal | 00:00:27 | 2 |
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | 1993 | Shirley Walker | 0:02:00 | 2 |
| Needful Things | 1993 | Patrick Doyle | 1:40:20 | 1 |
| The Lion King | 1994 | Hans Zimmer | 0:37:25 | 1 |
| Highlander III: The Sorcerer | 1994 | J. Peter Robinson | 0:32:10 | 2 |
| Tales from the Dark Side | 1994 | Bill Frisell | 0:00:01 | 3b |
| Crimson Tide | 1995 | Hans Zimmer | 01:30:00 | 1 |
| Nixon | 1995 | John Williams | 0:05:39 | 2 |
| The Quick and the Dead | 1995 | Alan Silvestri | 1:03:14 | 2 |
| Independence Day | 1996 | David Arnold | 1:06:42 | 2 |
| The Rock | 1996 | Smith/Zimmer | 0:20:26 | 1 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996 | Alan Mencken | 0:03:38 | 1 |
| Mars Attacks | 1996 | Danny Elfman | 00:02:41 | 2 |
| A Time to Kill | 1996 | Elliot Goldenthal | 0:49:20 | 1 |
| Sleepers | 1996 | John Williams | 2:22:00 | 3 |
| Faceoff | 1997 | John Powell | 0:07:00 | 2b |
| Scream 2 | 1997 | Marco Beltrami | 0:40:07 | 2 |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer S1E2 | 1997 | Walter Murphy | opening titles | 1 |
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | 1997 | John Debney | 0:25:25 | 3 |
| Amistad | 1997 | John Williams | 0:17:01 | 2 |
| Deep Space 9 S5E19 | 1997 | Jay Chattaway | 0:25:25 | 3 |
| Mulan | 1998 | Jerry Goldsmith | 0:55:54 | 2 |
| Urban Legend | 1998 | Christopher Young | 01:18:37 | 3 |
| Armageddon | 1998 | Trevor Rabin | 0:24:57 | 2 |
| Star Trek: Deep Space 9 S7E10 | 1998 | Jay Chattaway | 0:09:55 | 3 |
| Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | Stephen Warbeck | 0:00:57 | 3 |
| The Thirteenth Floor | 1999 | Harald Kloser | 1:14:08 | 2 |
| The Bone Collector | 1999 | Craig Armstrong | 01:48:59 | 2 |
| The Sixth Sense | 1999 | James Newton Howard | 0:15:40 | 2 |
| End of Days | 1999 | John Debney | 00:00:01 | 1 |
| The Messenger: The Joan of Arc Story | 1999 | Èric Serra | 2:31:00 | 3 |
| The World Is Not Enough | 1999 | David Arnold | 1:53:51 | 2 |
| The Road to El Dorado | 2000 | Hans Zimmer & John Powell | 0:08:32 | 1 |
| Gladiator | 2000 | Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard | 2:29:00 | 1 |
| Shrek | 2001 | Harry Gregson-Williams/John Powell | 00:41:30 | 2 |
| South Park S5E6 | 2001 | Scott Nickoley | 0:19:38 | 3 |
| Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone | 2001 | John Williams | 2:08:27 | 3 |
| Artifical Intelligence | 2001 | John Williams | 1:55:50 | 3 |
| Attack of the Clones | 2002 | John Williams | 01:24:33 | 1 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002 | John Williams | 01:49:15 | 1 |
| The Ring | 2002 | Hans Zimmer | 00:21:45 | 1 |
| Signs | 2002 | James Newton Howard | 1:06:51 | 3 |
| Irreversible | 2002 | Thomas Bangalter | 0:01:00 | 1 |
| Gangs of New York | 2002 | Elmer Bernstein | (rejected) | 1 |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2002 | Keith & Michael Strachan | 0:13:13 | 3 |
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | 2003 | Steve Jablonsky | 1:10:53 | 3 |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | 2003 | Jerry Goldsmith | 1:05:56 | 1 |
| The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | Don Davis | 01:12:12 | 2 |
| The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | Don Davis | 1:57:20 | 2 |
| Kill Bill Vol. 2 | 2004 | sample of “The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh” | 0:23:20 | 1B |
| Lost S1E22 | 2004 | Michael Giacchino | 00:30:06 | 2 |
| Team America: World Police | 2004 | Harry Gregson-Williams | 1:06:00 | 2 |
| E.R. S10E18 | 2004 | Martin Davich | 0:20:20 | 3 |
| Timesplitters–Future Perfect | 2005 | Graeme Norgate | main titles | 2 |
| War of the Worlds | 2005 | John Williams | 00:49:49 | 2 |
| Clerks 2 | 2006 | James L. Venable | 0:41:35 | 1 |
| Death Note S1E19 | 2006 | Yoshihisa Hirano | 00:18:00 | 2 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End | 2007 | Hans Zimmer | 02:34:00 | 3 |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | 2006 | Reinhold Heil | 0:14:23 | 3 |
| The Illusionist | 2006 | Philip Glass | 0:24:17 | 3 |
| The Bucket List | 2007 | Marc Shaiman | 0:06:23 | 2B |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2008 | John Williams | 00:04:18 | 1 |
| Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 2007 | Stephen Sondheim | 1:13:39 | 3-2 |
| Bones S3E13 | 2008 | Peter Himmelman | 0:24:38 | 1 |
| Angels and Demons | 2009 | Hans Zimmer | 01:57:31 | 2 |
| Bolt | 2008 | John Powell | 1:22:38 | 3 |
| Terminator Salvation | 2009 | Danny Elfman | 0:59:42 | 3 |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 2009 | Steve Jablonsky | 1:43:52 | 3B |
| Drag Me to Hell | 2009 | Christopher Young | 1:29:33 | 3 |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | 2009 | Alexandre Desplat | 0:58:29 | 3 |
| Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark | 2010 | Marco Beltrami | 0:31:17 | 2 |
| LOST S6E1 | 2010 | Michael Giacchino | 0:22:50 | 2 |
| Predators | 2010 | John Debney | 1:17:16 | 3 |
| Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol | 2011 | Michael Giacchino | 00:29:59 | 1 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides | 2011 | Hans Zimmer | 01:55:00 | 1 |
| Thor | 2011 | Patrick Doyle | 00:57:31 | 1 |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | 2011 | Zimmer/Powell | 1:02:39 | 3 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2 | 2011 | Alexandre Desplat | 0:55:00 | 3 |
| Wreck It Ralph | 2012 | Henry Jackman | 00:25:57 | 1 |
| The Bourne Legacy | 2012 | James Newton Howard | 0:01:00 | 3 |
| Psych S6E11 | 2012 | Adam Cohen | 0:33:19 | 1 |
| The Best Offer | 2013 | Ennio Morricone | 0:13:18, 2:01:07, end titles | 2 |
| Iron Man 3 | 2013 | Brian Tyler | 00:24:41 | 1 |
| The Newsroom S2E7 | 2013 | Johnny Klimek | 0:48:12 | 3 |
| Game of Thrones S5E1 | 2014 | Ramin Djiwadin | 00:22:15 | 1 |
| Crimson Peak | 2015 | Fernando Velazquez | 00:00:00 | 1 |
| Glitch S1E3 | 2015 | Cornel Wilczeck | 00:50:00 | 2 |
| Terminator Genisys | 2015 | Lorne Balfe | 1:27:03 | 3b |
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | 2016 | Bear McCreary | 00:00:00 | 1 |
| Colossal | 2016 | Bear McCreary | 01:38:11 | 1 |
| Rogue One | 2016 | Michael Giacchino | 01:12:48 | 1 |
| Game of Thrones S6E5 | 2016 | Ramin Djawadi | 0:13:00 | 1 |
| Star Trek Beyond | 2016 | Michael Giacchino | 1:28:08 | 3 |
| Dead by Daylight | 2016 | Michael April | main menu | 2 |
| Dr. Strange | 2016 | Michael Giacchino | 1:35:36 | 2 |
| Doctor Who: The Return of Mysterio S10 | 2016 | Murray Gold | 0:36:19 | 2 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales | 2017 | Geoff Zanelli | 00:10:30 | 1 |
| The Good Place S1E11 | 2017 | David Schwartz | 00:23:42 | 1 |
| Justice League | 2017 | Danny Elfman | 0:25:25 | 3 |
| Survivor S35E9 | 2017 | David Vanacore | 0:20:50 | 3 |
| The Scariest Story Ever Told: A Mickey Mouse Spooktacular | 2017 | Christopher Willis | 0:07:14 | 2 |
| Final Space S1E1 | 2018 | Shelby Merry | opening titles | 3 |
| The Spy Gone North | 2018 | Yeong-wook Jo | 01:04:40 | 1 |
| Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | Alan Silvestri | 0:33:52 | 1 |
| Ready Player One | 2018 | Alan Silvestri | 00:57:51 | 2 |
| Star Wars Rebels S4E11 | 2018 | Kevin Kiner | 00:02:26 | 2 |
| Star Wars Rebels S4E13 | 2018 | Kevin Kiner | 00:14:28 | 2 |
| Solo: A Star Wars Story | 2018 | John Powell | 0:48:39 | 2 |
| Stranger Things S3E8 | 2019 | Michael Stein & Kyle Dixon | 0:41:15 | 2 |
| Fruits Basket S2E21 | 2019 | Taku Kishimoto | 0:13:17 | 2 |
| Eli | 2019 | Bear McCreary | 1:19:52 | 1 |
| 1BR | 2019 | Ronen Landa | 0:27:00 | 3 |
| Doctor Sleep | 2019 | The Newton Brothers | 2:18:33 | 2 |
| Frozen 2 | 2019 | Christophe Beck | 0:16:40 | 2 |
| Succession S2E10 | 2019 | Nicholas Britell | 1:09:00 | 2 |
| Toy Story | 2019 | Randy Newman | 1:15:20 | 2 |
| Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby | 2019 | Zack Ryan | 0:59:38 | 3 |
| Fargo S4E7 | 2020 | Jeff Russo | 0:25:31 | 3 |
| Onward | 2020 | Jeff & Mychael Danna | 1:06:00 | 2 |
| Westworld S3E5 | 2020 | Ramin Djawadi | 0:47:14 | 2 |
| Cursed S1E4 | 2020 | Jeff Russo | 0:06:47 | 2 |
| Fantasy Island | 2020 | Bear McCreary | 1:18:13 | 3 |
| The Flight Attendant S1E8 | 2020 | Blake Neely | 0:39:12 | 3 |
| The Mandalorian Chapter 16 | 2020 | Ludwig Göransson | 0:34:20 | 3 |
| The Empty Man | 2020 | Christopher Young & Lustmord | 1:24:28 | 3 |
| Deamon Slayer: Mugen Train | 2020 | Kajiura/Shiina | 1:30:00 | 2 |
| Loki S1E5 | 2021 | Natalie Holt | 0:25:09 | 2 |
| Fear Street: 1994 | 2021 | Marco Beltrami & M. Trumpp | 0:53:47 | 2 |
| Fear Street: 1666 | 2021 | Marco Beltrami & M. Trumpp | 0:53:47 | 2 |
| Reminiscence | 2021 | Ramin Djawadi | 0:03:28 | 2 |
| Star Wars: Visions S1E4 | 2021 | Kevin Penkin | 0:14:50 | 2 |
| White Lotus S1E1 | 2021 | Cristobal Tapia de Veer | main titles | 3 |
| _Last Night in Soho_ | 2021 | Dies Irae is Diegetic | 1:30:00 | 2 |
| No Time To Die | 2021 | Dies Irae is Diegetic | 0:20:21 | 2 |
| Gunpowder Milkshake | 2021 | Frank Ilfman | 1:31:46 | 3 |
| Ragnorak S2E3 | 2021 | Halfdan E | 0:36:45 | 1b |
| Squid Game S1E3 | 2021 | Jaeil Jung | 0:01:00 | 3 |
| Wheel of Time S1E2 | 2021 | Lorne Balfe | 0:03:18 | 2 |
| Falcon and the Winter Soldier | 2021 | Henry Jackman | 0:02:08 | 2/3 |
| Shang-Chi & the Legend of the 10 Rings | 2021 | Joel P West | 0:06:40 | 3 |
| Arcane S1E7 | 2021 | Dies Irae is Diegetic | 0:31:30 | 2 |
| Benedetta | 2021 | Anne Dudley | 1:29:00 | 1 |
| Nightmare Alley | 2021 | Nathan Johnson | 1:40:40 | 3 |
| Ghosts S1E4 | 2021 | Jeff Cardoni | 0:07:20 | 2 |
| Cheer S2E5 | 2022 | Joseph Minadeo | 0:10:18 | 1 |
| Flight Attendant S2E2 | 2022 | Blake Neely | 0:31:18 | 3 |
| Inventing Anna S1E3 | 2022 | Bowers/Charles | 0:19:14 | 3 |
| Moon Knight S1E3 | 2022 | Hesham Nazih | 0:03:54 | 2 |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2022 | Natalie Holt | 0:15:15 | 2 |
| Stranger Things S4E5 | 2022 | Dixon/Stein | 0:07:45 | 1 |
| The Northman | 2022 | Carolan/Gainsborough | 0:02:43 | 3 |
| Disenchanted | 2022 | Alan Menken | 1:23:57 | 2 |
| Halloween Ends | 2022 | John & Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies | 1:37:00 | 2 |
| Andor S1E10 | 2022 | Nicholas Britell | 0:31:00 | 2 |
| Only Murders in the Building S2E6 | 2022 | Siddhartha Khosla | 0:21:14 | 3 |
| Wednesday S1E1 | 2022 | Danny Elfman | 0:08:00 | 2 |
See Linda Schubert, “Plainchant in Motion Pictures: The ‘Dies Irae’ in Film Scores, ” Florilegium 15 (1998): 207-229; and Karen Cook, “Beyond the Grave: The “Dies Irae” in Video Game Music". ↩︎
Recent & Upcoming Talks
Youtube Explainer Videos
YouTube’s massive platform offers many benefits to the music scholar working in the public sphere. Engaging in such work is easy on YouTube, where an entire sub-genre of “Explainer” videos proliferates on virtually any topic. Music scholars, and especially film music scholars, are poised to excel on YouTube because they can easily substantiate their assertions in real time. In this presentation, I will discuss the background, creation and publication of two different videos.
The Rhythm of Life is a Powerful Beat: Following Fosse's Musical, Physical, and Visual Rhythms
Rhythm is the single thread connecting the many facets of Bob Fosse’s career. As a dancer and choreographer, Fosse focused on shaping the rhythmic properties of his stage shows; as a director, and de facto film editor, Fosse applied this fascination with rhythm in the editing bays. Despite a wide variety of dramatic content, these films are a unique opportunity to explore the role of rhythm in the editing of film musicals. Fosse directed five films in the span of one decade: Sweet Charity (1969); Cabaret (1972); Liza with a Z (1972); Lenny (1974); and All That Jazz (1979). Based on analyses of key scenes from Sweet Charity and All That Jazz, I have found that Fosse manipulates rhythm in three ways: musically (the performed musical score), physically (the staged choreography), and visually (the edited cuts). In this talk, I will examine two sequences that illustrate Fosse’s corresponding layers of rhythm and consider how this complex nexus helps to frame our understanding of film musical’s visual rhythm.
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