Harmony
In Red Balloons we are experiencing harmony as we learn to recognize and sing an ostinato. An ostinato is a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition. A famous short piece of ostinato can be found in the theme music to the movie Jaws composed by John Williams. It uses two notes in the bass section of the scale, repeated in various tempos to express different activities of the killer shark.
The Internet Movie Data Base reports that when composer John Williams originally played the score for Steven Spielberg, Spielberg laughed and said, "That's funny, John, really. But what did you really have in mind for the theme of Jaws (1975)?" Spielberg later stated that without Williams's score, the movie would only have been half as successful. Enjoy!
The Internet Movie Data Base reports that when composer John Williams originally played the score for Steven Spielberg, Spielberg laughed and said, "That's funny, John, really. But what did you really have in mind for the theme of Jaws (1975)?" Spielberg later stated that without Williams's score, the movie would only have been half as successful. Enjoy!
