Scenes from Battleship Potemkin (2008)

Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1|1.1.1.0|1 perc.+hp+pno+ strings
Duration: 10:00
Availability: Score/parts available for rental.  Contact the composer for more information.

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Scenes from Battleship Potemkin was written to accompany scenes from the silent film of the same title.  The movie depicts an uprising triggered by the murder of a sailor by one of his officers, and this work explores the growing unrest after the death occurs.  The music moves through a series of moods ranging from calm to elegiac to determined and eventually frenzied, mirroring the rising intensity of the story and visuals.  Though originally intended as a score, the piece can be performed with or without the accompanying excerpts from the film.