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CHLOE XENOPHONTOS

- THE FILM Wild At Heart was composed by David Lynch

in 1990. The Film is an American crime/thriller
fi lm. It tells us the story of Lula Pace Fortune
and Sailor Ripley a young couple in a
relationship. Lulas mother dislikes Sailor so
hires a man to attack him though Sailor kills
the man and is put into prison. Once Sailor is
released he and Lula run away from Lulas
mother and due to her actions a mob is
involved as well.

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S l a u g h t e r H o u s e Po w e rm a d
In The Mood Glenn Miller
Lo v e M e N i c o l a s C a g e
Fi r s t M o v e m e n t D u ke E l l i n g t o n a n d Ra y B ro w n
C h r y s a n t h e m u m S h o n y A l ex B r a u n
S t re a m l i n e J o h n E w i n g a n d t h e A l l s t a r s
S m o ke R i n g s G l e n G re y a n d T h e C a s a Lo m a O rc h e s t r a
U p I n F l a m e s Ko Ko Ta y l o r
B u r i e d A l i v e Bi l l y S w a n
Av a n t D u M o u r i r S h o n y A l ex B r a u n
Fa r Aw a y C h a n t Af r i c a n H e a d C h a rg e
Lo v e M e Te n d e r E l v i s Pre s l e y
I n A b e n d ro t J e s s y e N o rm a n
Baby Please Dont Go Them
B o o m a d a Le s B a x t e r
B e -B o p -A- Lu - L a G e n e Vi n c e n t a n d H i s B l u e C a p s
Ko s m o g o n i a C h o r u s
Wi c ke d G a m e C h r i s I s a a k
B l u e S p a n i s h S ky C h r i s I s a a k
In The Heat of the Jungle Chris Isaak
Wr i n k l e s T h e B i g T h re e Tr i o

- WICKED GAME CHRIS ISAAK

MUSICAL SETTING
Wicked Game by Chris Isaak is being played in the
background of the scene when Sailor and Lula are driving at
night and Sailor reveals information about his past and what
he says is a shock for Lula.

ROLE OR FUNCTION OF THE PIECE

The function of Wicked Game by Chris Isaak plays in the fi lm
is to form a dark and brooding scene. Lynch didnt use the
song because of the meaning, only to fi t the scene and
create the mood

- DURATION BEAT
IN THE SONG WICKED GAME, THE TEMPO IS
MODERATO (AT A MODERATE SPEED) AND IT IS
CONSTANT THROUGHOUT SONG.
METER
THE SONG IS QUADRUPLE, (4 BEATS IN EACH BAR)
AND IS CONSTANT THROUGHOUT THE SONG.
TIME SIGNITURE
THE TIME SIGNATURE BEGINS AS 1/4 IN THE FIRST BAR
OF THE SONG AND THEN CHANGES TO 4/4

- PITCH MAINLY LOW PITCH THOUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE SONG

THERE ARE SOME MEDIUM TO HIGH PITCHES DURING THE
CHORUS BUT MAINLY LOW.
PHRASE
THERE IS A SHORT PHRASE REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE PIECE
IN THE INTRODUCTION AND BAR 34 AND ARE BOTH PL AYED
EXACTLY THE SAME
CALL AND RESPONSE
THERE IS CALL IN THE RESPONSE IN
THE CHORUS WHEN THE MALE SINGER
S AYS I DONT WANT TO FALL IN
LOVE
BACK UP SINGERS S AY THIS WORLD
IS
ONLY GONNA BREAK YOUR HEART

- PITCH SHAPE // CONTOUR

IN THE SONG THE INTERVALS OF THE NOTES BOTH VARY
BETWEEN STEPS AND LEAPS AND THE CONTOUR IS
MOSTLY SMOOTH. THE NOTES BOTH ASCEND AND
DESCEND EQUALLY AND THERE ARE SMALL ARCH
SHAPED CONTOURS FROM THE NOTES.

RANGE
THE SONG HAS A FAIRLY LARGE RANGE AND VOCALS
STAY WITHIN AN AVERAGE RANGE.

- DYNAMICS AND EXPRESSIVE - TECHNIQUES THE OVERALL VOLUME OF WILD AT HEART IS

MEZZOFORTE AND IT IS CONSTANT THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE PIECE. (WRITTEN ON THE SHEET MUSIC)

THE SONG IS PERFOMED BY A BAND AND THE

INSTRUMENTS ARE BEING PLAYED MODERATELY SOFT.
(MEZZOPIANO)
EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES
IN THE SONG, THERE ARE MANY SLURS AND TIES
CREATING A LEGATO EFFECT AND THERE ARE LIMITED
SHORT STACCATO NOTES HEARD.
SLUR
TIE

- TONE COLOUR INSTRUMENTS

ROCK BAND
BASS GUITAR
ELECTRIC GUITAR
ACOUSTIC GUITAR
DRUM KIT
LEAD MALE VOCALS
BACKING VOCALS
INSTRUMENTAL FAMILIES PRESENT
STRING
PERCUSSION

- TONE COLOUR DESCRIBING THE TONE COLOUR

DARK
BROODING
SMOOTH
MELLOW
CLEAR
WARM
VOICES
MALE VOCALS LOW PITCHED VOICE
BACKING VOCALS DURING CHORUS, VERY SOFT,
HIGH PITCHED MALE VOCALS

- TEXTURE LAYER OF SOUND

THE SONG IS MAINLY POLYPHONIC AND ONCE CHANGES
TO HOMOPHONIC. THERE IS A MEDIUM HEAVY
TEXTURE. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SONG THE
TEXTURE IS THIN THE TEXTURE THICKENS IN THE
CHORUS AND THERE IS A THINNING OF TEXTURE IN THE
VERSES DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE BACKING VOCALS.

- STRUCTURE INTRODUCTION
VERSE 1
CHORUS
VERSE 2
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL
VERSE 3
CHORUS
CODA

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