The sole use of the violin’s open strings creates a bare, jarring quality, illustrating the rising of the ghouls from their graves, before morbid frivolities ensue. The soothing chimes of a bell tolling midnight lulls the listener into a false sense of security, until the infamous violin solo. The animation style differs from the Tony Ross illustrations in the books.
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Saint-Saens explores the supernatural macabre in his chilling orchestral waltz Danse Macabre, one of the best pieces of classical music for Halloween. Horrid Henry is a British animated television series based on the book series by Francesca Simon produced by One Explosion Studios and Nelvana Limited, broadcast from late 2006 on Children's ITV in the UK and it will air on Cartoon Network Pakistan and Cartoon Network India on 2013 from 6am until 6:30am. A torrent of voices warn of judgement, reckoning and eternal damnation, whilst the orchestra, dominated by trumpets and percussion, hammers home the punishment of eternal damnation for unrepentant souls. A mischievous boy (Theo Stevenson) and his gang try to foil a headmasters plan to close down their school.
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The unmistakable orchestral stabs and cascade of shrieking voices unleash a musical hellfire upon the listener. Horrid Henry: The Movie Photos View All Photos (22) Movie Info. This is an utterly petrifying choral masterpiece: few pieces have as an iconic an opening as the ‘Dies Irae’ from Verdi’s Requiem. That this bizarre narrative is said to be autobiographical makes Berlioz’s narcissistic symphony, which is one of the best pieces of classical music for Halloween, all the more grotesque.Ģ: Verdi: ‘Dies Irae’ from Messa di Requiem Strange sounds, groans, outbursts of laughter distant shouts which seem to be answered by more shouts.”Īs the bells strike midnight, these grotesque otherworldly represented by wailing Eb clarinet solo and ominous lower brass theme. For the finale, ‘Dream Of A Witches’ Sabbath’, Berlioz wrote in the score, “He sees himself at a witches’ sabbath, in the midst of a hideous gathering of shades, sorcerers and monsters of every kind who have come together for his funeral. The fourth movement, ‘March To The Scaffold’, portrays the protagonist marching to his execution for the murder of his lover – complete with pizzicato bass solo representative of his decapitated head bouncing to the ground. 5: Berlioz: ‘Dream Of A Witches’ Sabbath’ From Symphonie Fantastiqueīerlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique is a programmatic masterpiece, based on the warped, supernatural fantastical imaginings of a mysterious protagonist.