All of a sudden I'm 8 years old again and "flying" along the street with my coat tied round neck singing this fabulous music and pretending to be Superman... 40 years later and nothing changes. It still makes me want to fly. Seeing this analysis just confirms how brilliant it is. Thanks for your hard work.
That A-9 chord on measure 23 has always hit me just right. Takes me right back to being seven years old, jumping off the couch pretending to be Superman..
This takes me right back to hearing the theme tune in full surround sound at my local Odeon cinema multiplex last April for the 45th anniversary. Absolutely epic!
@@nmkmusic6396 Sorry, I've been composing music since I was little in DAWs but could never crack theory and reading and for some reason your score reduction is finally the thing that's letting me "see the code" like the Matrix so thank you. I'm actually progressing.
It's nice to see a reduced score! But the 'analysis' of the chords is really lousy throughout. There's no contextual understanding of how the chords function, and in many cases, even the simplest chords are 'analyzed' completely incorrectly - a glaring example (one on many I could mention) is the striking chord on the downbeat of bar 23 (and again bar 24) - which is 'analyzed' as an a-9 (?!?) - as is if the clearly and crucial subdominant bass note (F) doesn't even exist. This chord is clearly a move to the subdominant (F major) in the key of C, and would be correctly identified as a F major 11, without a doubt...
I think that famous Am9 chord you have in bar 23 would be better described as a Fmaj7,11,b13. It's the tritone of the F and the B that give it the punch, I think, while the major 7 and 11 soften it.
Those modal scale are completely incorrect assuming the bass, there is no locrian or phygian effect but just going from a melodic degree of the tone from another
E Phrygian Scale at 1:33 for example. It does absolutely not contain the ethos of the mode because of the tonal context. And all other melodic analysis are kinda weird but your work is great.
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All of a sudden I'm 8 years old again and "flying" along the street with my coat tied round neck singing this fabulous music and pretending to be Superman...
40 years later and nothing changes. It still makes me want to fly.
Seeing this analysis just confirms how brilliant it is. Thanks for your hard work.
That A-9 chord on measure 23 has always hit me just right. Takes me right back to being seven years old, jumping off the couch pretending to be Superman..
Is a very “leaping” chord. Very nice.
Funny because it should actually be labeled Fmaj9(#11)
I did the exact same thing lol
@@knights8400 thx. Unbelievable the youtube level. Man , this is THE chord
Yes! It has the same purpose as the chord that goes just before repeating the main theme of "Raiders March", from Indiana Jones. The Williams seal.😊
He will be looked back on like we look back on the greatest composers in history. He's a living legend.
I've always loved the chromatic chaos at the end! Great to see it finally written on a score. Thank yo for all the work on this.
This takes me right back to hearing the theme tune in full surround sound at my local Odeon cinema multiplex last April for the 45th anniversary. Absolutely epic!
Total, absolute genius!!!
Brilliant! Genius use of harmony.
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1:14 Why is there List 1 and List 2 here? Aren't they the same?
Yes, they are the same the chord. But the instrumentation is different.
@@nmkmusic6396 Sorry, I've been composing music since I was little in DAWs but could never crack theory and reading and for some reason your score reduction is finally the thing that's letting me "see the code" like the Matrix so thank you. I'm actually progressing.
Can I get a pdf of this?
A PDF of this score reduction is available in Patreon shop.
It's nice to see a reduced score! But the 'analysis' of the chords is really lousy throughout. There's no contextual understanding of how the chords function, and in many cases, even the simplest chords are 'analyzed' completely incorrectly - a glaring example (one on many I could mention) is the striking chord on the downbeat of bar 23 (and again bar 24) - which is 'analyzed' as an a-9 (?!?) - as is if the clearly and crucial subdominant bass note (F) doesn't even exist. This chord is clearly a move to the subdominant (F major) in the key of C, and would be correctly identified as a F major 11, without a doubt...
Welcome to the yt no sense, where views makes something be correct
Fmaj11 is also incorrect, the melody has a B natural, so its Fmaj9#11. But I agree that Amin9 is incorrect.
@@jamiemeansjamesmusic My bad - by 'major 11', I meant sharp 11, but used incorrect orthography...
@@toddlevin oh no worries man it happens to me too. I mean you CAN have an F11 chord, I see it all the time
I think that famous Am9 chord you have in bar 23 would be better described as a Fmaj7,11,b13. It's the tritone of the F and the B that give it the punch, I think, while the major 7 and 11 soften it.
I agree on the root being F rather than A. But why b13? I dont see a D or Db. Fmaj7,9,11 seems right to me
@@noctimusik i see an F in the bass, not a G
@@tritono666 I think we're both wrong! Thinking about it again, it should be a Fmaj7,9¡#11. The #11 being the B natural in the melody.
@@jamesthenabignumber i agree
Those modal scale are completely incorrect assuming the bass, there is no locrian or phygian effect but just going from a melodic degree of the tone from another
Where exactly are you seeing these modal scales?
E Phrygian Scale at 1:33 for example. It does absolutely not contain the ethos of the mode because of the tonal context. And all other melodic analysis are kinda weird but your work is great.
No mention of the polymeter that occurs from meas. 35 to 49?
Yeah. 12/8 over 4/4.
I've never seen anything like this before, wow! Apparently a lot of room for interpretation, based on the comments.
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