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Bill Wrobel |
King of Kings "Prelude" |
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The image below is my own personal research hand-copy of a portion of the "Prelude" to KOK. These are from the so-called White Pages (arranged
material for the LP). I am trying but with no success so far to find my old notes of my research but I do know that there were changes for the LP. For one
thing, the glock and chimes were added to the LP orchestrations. Also I do not believe the mixed choir was in
the original Prelude but I will double-check later with my cd set and dvd. At any rate, here is the KoK theme starting in Bar 11 (second bar in the visual).
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thegoldenage3060 |
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strange, now on ebay I see a old LP version French of King of Kings and in the cover there is wrote LE ROI DES ROIS, quite absurd change the language of the
movie in the LP
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Hank V |
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Bill, I have a number of notes which I downloaded from your earlier observations if I have your permission to repost them or preferably email them to you
direct.
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Sure, go ahead and post them here. I thought the old Topics were lost....
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Bill Wrobel |
"Prelude" Title page | ||
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The two images below are I hope the exact top and bottom halves of my research hand-copy of the first title page of the "Prelude" to King of Kings. I'll try to align them the best I can but the bar lines may be askew a bit between the top and bottom sections.
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Bill Wrobel |
"Pompey Enters the Temple" cue | ||
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Below is my personal study hand-copy of the first several bars of the "Pompey Enters the Temple" cue, Reel 1/4, Production #5035-5.
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Bill Wrobel |
"Pontius Pilate's Arrival" | ||
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Below are two images of my research hand-copy of "Pontius Pilate's Arrival" (Reel 3/3), Bars 1 thru 11 and then (next image) a skip to Bars 24
thru 31. Nice strong cue that appears to initially focus on the Bb maj 7th (Bb/D/F/A). Stable intervals such as that P4 of F up to Bb and A up to D, the M3 of
Bb up to D, etc. Roman strength denoted here.
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Bill Wrobel |
"The Blessing" cue (KOK) | ||
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If I have time before I need to be finished by 8 pm, below you will find two images of my research hand-copies of "The Blessing" cue from KOK,
Reel 8/2. This was a White Pages version, not the Yellow Pages original. The first image shows the strings that are soli (no other instruments play until Bar
6). The next image will be the top part of the page. The "Oh" section of the chorus and strings dolce show G
maj (G/B/D) to D min (D/F/A) back to G major tonality in Bar 7's whole notes. I cannot yet find my old notes about this cue (buried in one of my research
boxes somewhere!) so I'm trying to figure out what is "new" (LP version) and what is "old" ('yellow pages' original
orchestration).
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Bill Wrobel |
"Salome's Dance" cue (KOK) | ||
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Below is a mere four-bar excerpt of my research hand-copy of the "Salome's Dance" cue from King of
Kings, Bars 17-20. Rozsa has the unusual time signature of 5/8 + 3/8, an asymmetrical meter combined with a simple triple meter. But this complex time
signature Rozsa devised for this non-Western dance scene may not be that unusual under the circumstances. It makes for an interesting irregular or unequal
rhythmic variation as Salome skirts about! Also Rozsa includes sparkling percussive effects thanks to the finger cymbals, tambourine, etc. The violins are
"col legno" (with the wood).
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Bill Wrobel |
"The Lord's Prayer" (KOK) | ||
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Below is my research hand-copy of the first several bars of "The Lord's Prayer" from KOK, aka "Prayer of Our Lord" in the LP. I
believe these 8 pages were the so-called White Pages (LP version). The SOPS singing were added or pasted on top. The tonality at the start of the singing (end
of Bar 5, "Our") is A maj (A/C#/E) to (Bar 6) D maj (D/F#/A) to B min (B/D/F#), and so forth.
I forgot to mention a few things regarding "Salome's Dance." According to my notes, the "old" (Yellow Pages original orchestrations) Bars 1 thru 9 were used in the original and LP versions, but from Bar 10 on the "old" gave way to the "new" (White Pages version)! So the white pages do not reflect the original track after Bar 9, certainly not in a faithful rendition (but I'll need to compare the two again after this long absence). Reel 10/1 was 5 pages(Bars 1-16), I believe. I think the "start" in the LP version was Bar 17 (old Bar 1) thru Bar 35 (old Bar 19), but old Bar 20 was deleted. Reel 10/1A was 5 pages (20 bars) but I believe these 20 based on the old orchestrations were deleted, so we already had Bars 17-35 (previous R10/1 section) and now we resume here with Bars 36 thru 67 (all new). Reel 10/1B was 9 pages but the first 8 pages are 67 bars, the 9th in pencil (one-bar end), an overlap to R10/1C (alsp 9 pages). Then R10/1D.
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Bill Wrobel |
"The Chosen" (KOK) | ||
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Next is my research hand-copy of the first several bars of "The Chosen" cue from KOK. It is dated 2-8-61 but I do not remember if this is
solely the White Pages (LP) version because I have to find my old notes on this cue.But come to think of it, this pencil cue was not used in the LP. So it is
probably one of the few full "Yellow Pages" cue available at USC. Reel 1/2's "Roman Legions" was also all pencil, and so was
"Christ's Answer." Other cues that were White Pages meant for the LP as candidates were ultimately not used, such as "Sadness and Joy"
and "The Blessing." But I'll to double check. It has been a long time since I originally researched the material, and I had limited time (closing
tome at 4:30 or so!).
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Bill Wrobel |
More Chosen | ||
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Below is more of "The Chosen" starting Bar 22. This is the C.U. of Jesus at the 1:04 point. Major tonalities here, such as the initial Eb maj
(Eb/G/Bb).
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Bill Wrobel |
"Roman Legions-March" KOK | ||
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Below are two images of the top and bottom halves of the "Roman Legions-March" cue of King of Kings
right after the "Prelude." This cue at USC is in a green spiral bound format. The score is written in pencil (Yellow Pages). I believe this cue was
not used in the original soundtrack-LP. It was obviously a candidate and hence the cue was pulled for
consideration but ultimately marched out of the recording sessions! Again Roman strength intervals of P5 (D up to A) and P4 (A up to D). But it is not
necessarily friendly strength with that m2 dissonant interval of A/Bb. Powerfully played theme, vigorous and intense. I like this martial cue a lot.
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Bill Wrobel |
"Nativity" cue (KOK) | ||
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The images below are the top and bottom portions of my personal research hand-copy of the "Nativity" cue of King of Kings. First you will see Bars 1-2 skipping to Bar 10 thru 14. This version of the cue is comprised of 11 pages (46 bars)
and it is the White Pages meant for the LP rendition. There were no pencil "Yellow Pages" original orchestration available to make comparisons. There
is no initial tonality but simply the new birth strength of the P5 interval (E up to B) being emphasized, but by Bar 10 we find the Db maj (Db/F/Ab) tonality.
Rozsa found the siciliano rhythmic figure appealing for this cue, common in graceful 6/8 or 12/8 time signature. This is that three-note figure of dotted 8th
to 16th to 8th. By the way, Herrmann loved this rhythmic device, seen in many many of his scores (and not necessarily in lilting or optimistic music!).
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thegoldenage3060 |
RAY BRADBURY's Interview | ||
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I have find an interview maybe interesting, Brandbury talk about King Of Kings, Miklos Rozsa, and the ending of this movie
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