The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock
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The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock is a dramatic choral-orchestral piece by Arthur Benjamin, best known for underscoring the tense assassination attempt sequence in Hitchcock’s film “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | cantata ⓘ |
| associatedArtForm |
concert music
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film music ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirector | Alfred Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Arthur Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| directorOfAssociatedFilm | Alfred Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticPurpose | to build tension leading up to a gunshot ⓘ |
| filmMusicFunction | diegetic concert piece within the film ⓘ |
| filmSequenceType | concert hall sequence ⓘ |
| firstUsedInHitchcockFilm | The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre | dramatic cantata ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
chorus
ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | underscoring an assassination attempt sequence ⓘ |
| notableSceneLocation | Royal Albert Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orchestration | full symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| reusedInRemake | The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoring | chorus and orchestra ⓘ |
| textAuthor | D. B. Wyndham-Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Storm Clouds Cantata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Alfred Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInFilm |
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
NERFINISHED
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalForces | mixed chorus ⓘ |
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