[Smt-talk] augmented 6ths in film scores

[Scott_Atwell at ferris.edu]

Matthew,

Greetings.  Although I have not seen the score to this film, Hitchcock's
"The Girl Was Young" (a.k.a. "Young and Innocent") of 1937 includes in the
concluding segment a piece which to my ears contains an augmented sixth.  I
believe the piece is titled "Drummer Man" (one of the lyrics is "No one can
like the drummer man").    I can't tell which type of augmented 6th chord
it is, except that it is not a French 6th.  My guess too is that it may be
written (if it was written at all) in the score as an enharmonic equivalent
rather than as a 'true' augmented sixth chord, but this is just speculation
on my part.

Here is a clip of that scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXvoWexGn0o

Kind regards,

Scott D. Atwell, Ph.D.
Professor - Reference Librarian and Liaison for
     Art, Music, Philosophy, and Religion
Ferris State University Library for Information, Technology,
     and Education (FLITE)               Tel.: (231) 591-2948
1010 Campus Drive                      Fax.: (231) 591-2662
Big Rapids, MI 49307-2279    Email: atwells at ferris.edu
     URL: http://library.ferris.edu/scott/ockeghem.html




From:	"Matthew  Schildt" <mschildt at adams.edu>
To:	Smt-talk at lists.societymusictheory.org
Date:	11/28/2012 08:50 AM
Subject:	[Smt-talk] augmented 6ths in film scores
Sent by:	smt-talk-bounces at lists.societymusictheory.org



Dear collective wisdom,

At the request of some of my sophomores, I am trying to put together a
class on chromatic harmony in film scores. Though I've just started being
on the lookout for examples, I am surprised to be having some trouble
finding augmented sixth chords. Does anyone know of some good examples of
+6 chords in film music? Gr+6 modulations? Any other interesting chromatic
moments are also welcome.

Thanks,
Matt Schildt

Matthew Schildt, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Music
Adams State University
719-587-7606

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