Six Songs for Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'
for Contralto & 11 Instruments
1. Ask "Why?"
2. Books Hidden In The Ceiling
3. The Captain Tells A Story
4. Mosquito Helicopters & Plundering Beetles
5. Vagabond Sanctuary
6. Forever In Wonder
The recorded music here is just an instrumental snippet
from #3 The Captain Tells A Story
loosely arranged with synthesizers on Pro Tools
Instrumentation:
Contralto Voice
Alto Flute
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Horn
Trumpet
Percussion
Harp
Piano
Violin
Viola
Cello
Semi-atonal (pushing tonality) composition influenced by 1950s-60s Science-Fiction/Horror film scores and therefore the half-diminished scale (a scale often used in Jazz) which figures largely in its melodic/harmonic content.
