Batman Trivia
Instrumentation
Harmony
Melody
Rhythm and Metre
100
1992
What was the year of composition of Batman Returns?
100
Horn
What is the first Batman motif playing on?
100
The cadence between bars 2 and 3 in the Birth of a Penguin
What is a Plagal Cadence?
100
Wagner
Who is most famous for the Leitmotif?
100
The name given to the lengthening of the rhythm in the motif
What is rhythmic augmentation?
200
Batman vs the Circus
What is the name of the 3rd cue?
200
Ah
What do the choir sing?
200
The harmonic device used by the pipe organ at the start of the opening movement
What is a dominant pedal?
200
a motif which is shortened or broken up
What is fragmentation?
200
When the rhythm is altered by starting on a different beat
What is rhythmic /metric displacement?
300
33 years
What is shown on screen at the end of Birth of a Penguin Part 2?
300
The instruments that frequently play broken chords over the texture
What are the harp and celeste?
300
The common modulation that occurs in this piece
What is a tertiary modulation?
300
Perfect 4th
What is the widest interval in the Batman Motif?
300
2 or more rhythms at odds with one another
What is cross rhythm?
400
Penguin's parents
Who are the Cobblepots?
400
The percussion instruments used to great effect in the circus scene
What are the xylophone and marimba?
400
The type of chord commonly used in the Birth of a Penguin Part 2
What is a major 6th chord?
400
The interval most commonly used by the choir
What is a minor third?
400
The length of note commonly used by harp and celeste
What is a semiquaver?
500
The Penguin
What is the name of Danny DeVito's character in Batman Returns?
500
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What is the sign for the stopped Horn?
500
The interval missing in the final chord of Birth of a Penguin, Part 2
What is a tritone?
500
a melody used to sooth
What is a lullaby?
500
The type of rhythmic grouping used from Bar 27 in Birth of a Penguin in the Brass
What are triplets?