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DENIS CLOHESSY ON THE MUSIC FOR ROMEO AND JULIET… 662 días hace
 

Score for ROMEO AND JULIET is a combination of original and pre-existing music…influences for the original score ranged from God Speed You Black Emperor to the Arctic Monkeys…

ORIGINAL SCORE
Two principal themes: the Romeo and Juliet love theme and the Montague & Capulet fight theme.


Romeo and Juliet love theme…
…uses a kind of reverse effect on the guitar…
…captures the struggling quality that the two principals are undergoing…
...as if they can never quite reach what they're looking for…


Montague & Capulet fight theme…
...first heard through a radio brought on stage for the opening brawl…
...most of the following scene change passages are then based on the chord progression used for this fight….


PRE-EXISITING MUSIC
Amy Winehouse Back to black…
….used in the ballroom scene…
… Romeo and his friends are taking a huge risk sneaking into the Capulet’s party…
…broad appeal yet has an edge to it…


Royksopp's night out…
…also featured in the ballroom scene…
…used as an underscore for Tybalt who is furious to see Montagues in their house…
…strikingly dramatic harmonic and key changes with distorted lead lines that give Tybalt’s soliloquy extra menace…


A version of 'Besame Mucho' performed by guitarist Oscar Aleman
…used when Juliet is discovered by her family who think she is dead on the morning of her wedding day…
..Shakespeare detailed the sound of oboes in his original to represent the celebrations outside while tragedy unfolded inside in a great example of music 'playing against the scene'….
… Aleman was a guitarist from the 30's…the old style recording is particularly evocative with a certain amount of poignancy despite the loving sentiments in the lyrics...

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