Planet of the Apes

1. Very Large symphony orchestra which requires multi instrumentalists eg Oboe players required to play Cor anglais B.1 and Flortists required to play Picollo B.64-65

2. Unconventional instruments are used eg Ram’s horn and Tibetan horn B.523. Use of electric instruments (standard instruments with Mic’s) eg Electric bass clarinet B. 524. The string section play a relatively minor role apart from the long notes held at B.115. Very idiomatic part writing eg Violins play stopped harmonics at B.68-696. The piece is built up of a number of short fragmentary ideas eg B.1]7. Use of very disjunct melody writing eg B.23-25 in woodwind8. Heavy use of chromatism eg B.8 in 8-9 the piano motif uses all 12 notes of the chromatic

scale9. Piece uses tonal centres rather than keys and these centres are often stated by an

articulated pedal eg B.1-4 in piano/timp10. The tonal centres move to G in B.11 and Eflat in B.23 thus using a tertiary modulation which

was common in film music11. Hints of use of extended chords eg beat 3 of B.1 is a 13th Chord12. Use of cross rhythms eg B.16 on conga drum13. Isolated fragmented phrases in xylophone at B.46 create pointillist effect14. Changes of metre happen regularly eg ¾ at B.21, 5/4 at B.22,4/4 at B.37 and 2/4 at B.44