On the Beach: Ernest Gold's "Waltzing Matilda"

I have written a post for our Hearing the Movies blog in which I discuss the film On the Beach (1959): link. Ernest Gold (best known for his music for Exodus) composed the underscore, and the familiar song "Waltzing Matilda" plays a prominent part (the film is set in Australia). In the post, I comment on four instances where the ending rises rather than falls. Gold makes very striking dramatic use of this alternate ending in the film's final moments.

The point of interest here is how easily the change in the melody is made and how natural it sounds.

Administrative post: updated links to some files

Early next year, Dropbox is changing the public folder to a shared folder. Therefore, I have moved all files that were formerly on Dropbox to Google Drive. Here is an alphabetical list with the new links:

Chopin, Prelude in E Major, op. 28n9: link.

Guide to my blog Hearing Schubert D779n13: link.

Guide to the blog Hearing the Movies: link.

Haydn, Sonata in Ab major, menuet, my graph, page 1: link.

Haydn, Sonata in Ab major, menuet, my graph, page 2: link.

Haydn, Sonata in Ab major, menuet, score: link.

Haydn, Sonata in Eb major, II, my graph, page 1: link.

Haydn, Sonata in Eb major, II, my graph, page 2: link.

Haydn, Sonata in Eb major, II, score, page 1: link.

Haydn, Sonata in Eb major, II, score, page 2: link.

Minor key progressions (table): link.

Neumeyer, handout for 2010 Society of Music Theory presentation: link.

Neumeyer research vita: link.

Schubert dance table: link.