TLJ 14: Chromatic Fathiers (Minutes 66-70 with Matt Burkey)

When the fathiers break free from their stalls, the orchestra erupts into a rambunctious brouhaha. Matt Burkey joins me on Canto Bight for this breakdown of the music and sound in minutes 66-70 of The Last Jedi.

Discussion topics/Highlights:

• Glissando demonstration (like when Rose opens her ring)
• The bountiful lineage of horse riding music
• The musical DNA of Russian Romantic composers
• What "chromatic" means in music (chromaticism, chromatic line, etc)
• Sorry in advance, there's a rough sports analogy
• Burkey's homework assignment
• The neat little reference to one of John Williams' older scores
• A comparison of the different things we (Burkey and Xanthe) notice in the music when watching a movie
• John Williams and George Lucas as trendsetters

Motifs Referenced (in order of appearance): Resistance March, Rose's theme

Where we are in the soundtrack: "Who Are You?", "The Fathiers"

Music References:

• William Tell Overture (Gioachino Rossini): https://youtu.be/j3T8-aeOrbg
• Light Cavalry Overture (Franz von Suppé): https://youtu.be/aF5nhMIyeqI
• Saber Dance (Aram Khachaturian): https://youtu.be/gqg3l3r_DRI
• Night on Bald Mountain (Modest Mussorgsky, orch. Rimsky-Korsakov): https://youtu.be/iCEDfZgDPS8
• Russlan and Ludmilla Overture (Milkhail Ivanovich Glinka): https://youtu.be/Nyx99YcHdIQ
• Ride of the Valkyries (Richard Wagner): https://youtu.be/GGU1P6lBW6Q
• The Fathiers (John Williams): https://youtu.be/lk6YaL9wg0E
• The Long Goodbye (John Williams, various versions)
  • Jack Sheldon: https://youtu.be/dG0ykzh47q8
  • Singer Clydie King: https://youtu.be/vU-N2BZMvj4
  • The Dave Grusin Trio: https://youtu.be/NTid_tup5O0
  • Irene Kral, Dave Grusin Trio: https://youtu.be/aCZvZUlNxZo

Burkey:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/mr_burkey

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