LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR

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1 LET THE BODIES HIT THE LOOR or amliied chamer ensemle Dmitri Tymoczko 10 Woolorth Center Princeton, N 05 dmitri@rinceton.edu music.rinceton.edu/~dmitri

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3 Let the Bodies Hit the loor is a dialogue eteen live singer and recorded voices, mainly o a soldier descriing the 200 attack on alluah. The singer s ords are a mashu o World War I-related material, including to military songs ( The Bells o Hell and Hanging on the Old Bared Wire ), and to oems (Siegried Sassoon s Suicide in the Trenches, and Roert rost's Not to Kee ). At the end, the soldier s voice is relaced ith an inhuman voice reading a Dadaistic collage ormed out o a numer o ar oems, including those heard earlier. Several o the texts deal ith the relation eteen music and comat, and the iece is in some ay aout the interaction eteen the theatricalized violence o music articularly heavy metal and the literal violence o ar. There s also a suterranean narrative running throughout: e hear a soldier recounting attle, e give thanks that he s returned saely, and e gradually realize that he s een (sychically, not hysically) ounded. The music ends ith a conversation in hich the soldier tries, haltingly, to exlain hat he exerienced. The iece is ritten or Neseak, an eight-iece amliied chamer ensemle: ass clarinet, violin, cello, electric guitar, virahone, drums, singer, and synthesizer laying oth electric organ sounds and samles. The ass clarinet art uses a digital delay, the cello and guitar arts use a harmonizer, and the electric guitar art uses distortion. The eects are otional, excet or the guitar s distortion ox. I the clarinetist decides to omit the delay, it may e ossile to simulate the eect in some assages. The keyoardist lays on to keyoards, one roducing an electric-organ sound and the other controlling the samles. There is also a single-keyoard version availale. The drum notation is as ollos: Please me (dmitri@rinceton.edu) i you ind anything conusing or unreasonaly diicult! htt://music.rinceton.edu/~dmitri/odies.d (ull score) htt://music.rinceton.edu/~dmitri/odies.m (cheesy MIDI recording)

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5 Bass Clarinet iolin Cello Electric Guitar irahone Drums Sorano q» 1. Introduction o o no virato hard mallets.. o o.. Let the Bodies Hit The loor Oooh o o.. o o.. o o (echo the guitar samles ith snare and ass)... DMITRI TYMOCZKO (2009) o o..... Electric Organ Samler PATCH 1 (starts sacy ad) Coyright 2009 y Dmitri Tymoczko P distorted guitar..

6 2 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. 1 1 o o o o. o o. lc i So.... n Oooh. P cresc....

7 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 21 set digital delay to 1 eat (90 ms) so that our echoes are discernale OSSIA: imitate a delay eect manually Delay ON 2 n ln. lc. i. So Ḟ cresc. cresc. cresc (add toms, ass, and snare reely) Ooh Solo.. n.

8 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc. 2 R.. R.. i.. So. n Oooh.

9 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 5 1 R. R. ln. lc. P R.. Solo. i.. n So.. n Oooh Oooh..

10 6 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 5 ln. lc. i... (connect to guitar). (connect to violin).. TRIANGLE:. æ..... TRIANGLE:. æ... So... Ooh Ooh Ooh....

11 2. Death Song gradual accel. Let the Bodies Hit the loor qȻ adust delay time to one eat in the ne temo (625 ms) ln. lc. n. n n B i.. TRIANGLE: h R.. R So. detached, exressionless. n n n The ells o hell go ting - a-ling-a-ling or you ut not or me. or me the an -gels sing - a-ling-a-ling, they've got the goods or.. change ad sto ad

12 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. 52 Delay O... Delay ON.. 5 n lc. B HARMONIZER (octave elo) DISTORTION ON.. HARM. O. P. i. So n. me O death here is thy sting a ling a ling, o grave thy vic - to - n

13 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 9 ln. lc. i. 60. DISTORTION O. o n n... o. o. B. Delay O. HARMONIZER (octave elo) DISTORTION ON HARM. O... So.. ry The n ells o hell go ting a ling a ling, or you ut not or - me. n n

14 ln. lc. i. So. 10 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 6 Delay ON. Solo.. 6 n DISTORTION O P. P. P.... n. Solo Solo. I've seen them. I've seen them.

15 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 11. Recollection ln.. lc. i.. decresc. P So.. La. la.. la la.... la la.. la la.. Oooh.. aah. Oooh. PATCH 2 Well, ahh... e sat all day

16 12 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc. 6 n... n... P i n So. (military eel). I n. n n and e atched the city it as actually really good e sat all day and so e sat, all day and e atched the city it as actually really good

17 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc. i. izz n n.... n n.. arco B. cresc. n. So... kne a sim le sol dier oy Who grinned at..... you kno they had the irst day o the initial... oming They ere hitting, you kno, targets... they ere hitting, you kno, eat ortiications DAMs, laserguided oms eole ere moving around: they ere hitting them

18 1 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. 2 lc. i. B n n n.. n. So. 2 lie in em ty oy Slet sound n.. 2 n. and so e sat, all day through this, like,

19 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 15 ln. lc. 105 cresc. cresc. cresc i..... cresc. cresc..... R So. - - ly through the lone some dark And his tled ear- ly cresc cresc..... n symhony o destruction and e atched the city ust eing omarded it as actually really good

20 16 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc Delay O..... Celeration 11. DISTORTION ON i. So ith the lark.. I've seen them it as actually really good

21 11. Let the Bodies Hit the loor q»e 12 q». 1 ln. lc. DISTORTION O i. So.. I've seen them They gave him ack to her They gave him ack to

22 1 Let the Bodies Hit the loor P 1 ln. lc.... n. n... i So.. her They. gave him ack to her.. They gave him ack to her a live They

23 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 19 ln. lc. i. So. 12. gave him ack to. her a live They..... gave him ack to.. her P..... n..

24 20 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc n n n.... n Recollection II DISTORTION ON.. DISTORTION O.... i P... So. cresc... I've PATCH n And then hen it got dark it s like alright

25 ln. lc. i e.» q q» ª. Delay ON n. Let the Bodies Hit the loor. n.. n. Delay O P So seen them I've seen I you ant to ind the old at - tal - ion I kno here they are... n n n n no that it s dark it s time or the grunts to go in alright alright alright no that it s dark

26 22 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc. HARMONIZER (octave elo). n. n i. P. So.. I've seen them I've seen them hang - ing on the old ared ire n. n n n it s time or the grunts to go in alright alright it s time or the grunts to go in

27 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 2 10 Delay O. 1 Delay ON P ln. lc.. n.... i. So. I've seen them n. n ẇ... yeah, the irst night e ent in this as retty eird, e had PSY-OPS ehind us e had PSY-OPS ehind us and they re laring music

28 2 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc Delay O 19 n.... n n... n i. So... P.. I've seen them They're hang ing on the.. n n.. I mean, ust huge seakers are screaming music into the city laring music Ah, yes, uh, I don't rememer hat the tune as laring and there's like this unky seventies seventies music going, and that's hat they ere laring as I crossed the reach

29 Let the Bodies Hit the loor Delay ON 20 n ln. lc.. i. P. P. So. old ared ire and I as like, you gotta e kidding me! you're laying THAT hile I'm crossing this reach That's not hat I anna hear!

30 26 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc. (accent the tune as eore) P i.. So... Yeah, hat music ould you have chosen

31 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 2 20 n ln. n n n lc. i.. n.. So. n. n.. Yeah, hat music ould you have chosen you're laying THAT hile I'm crossing this reach That's not hat I anna hear!

32 2 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 21 2 n n ln. (accent the tune as eore) n n lc. HARM. O i. P So. The (accent the tune as eore) ells o hell go ting - a - ling - a - ling or you ut not or me.. Yeah, hat music ould you have chosen

33 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ith the delay, additional reaths are ossile ln. n lc. i..... So. n or me the An - gels sing a ling a ling they've got the. you're laying THAT hile I'm crossing this reach That's not hat I anna hear!

34 0 Let the Bodies Hit the loor n n n n n n 26 ln. lc.... i... So. goods or me n. Until m. 26, lay only the samler. The notes in the organ are contained in the samles, and are or rehearsal uroses only.... Yeah, hat music ould you have chosen Yeah, hat music ould you have chosen

35 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln.... lc.... i So Uhhh... Uhhh... Uhhh... Let the odies hit the loor

36 2 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 25 n ln.... n lc..... n i So (guitar). (guitar) Uhhh... Let the odies hit the loor Uhhh... Uhhh... Uhhh...

37 Let the Bodies Hit the loor n n n. ln.. n n. n.. lc.. n.. n n. i.. n So. They gave him ack to her.... n n. n. n n n n. n. n n. (guitar) n Uhhh... n Let the odies hit the loor Uhhh... Uhhh... Uhhh...

38 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 2629 n n ln.... lc.... i So. They gave him ack to her a n (guitar) n n Let the odies hit the loor That s a good one. Really like astaced, y kno

39 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 5 2 ln.... lc..... i... So.. (start drumming normally). live They gave him ack to her.... n n. (guitar) n Let the odies hit the loor Uhhh... That s a good one.

40 6 Let the Bodies Hit the loor Conrontation 1 ln. lc. i. DISTORTION ON So. They gave him ack to her a - live ut not to kee a - live and not dis - Play organ art rom here on.

41 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc Delay O n n i.... So.. ig -ured vis - i - ly his ace his hands she had to ask they gave him ack she had n n

42 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 299 n 2 ln. lc. n HARMONIZER (octave elo) HARMONIZER (octave elo) n n n n n n i. n n So... to ask hat as it dear hat as it dear n n

43 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 9 ln. lc. 0 n n renzied n n n n n n n n n HARM. O n n i. n n n n n So. n n n n

44 0 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 16 n n n n n n n n 6 ln. lc. n n n n n n n n n n n n n n 6 6 n 6 i. n n n n n n n n 6 6 So. 6 n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n 6 6 n n n 6

45 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 1 2 n n n n n n ln. lc. n n n n n n n n n n n n i. n n n n n n n n So. n n n n n n n n n n n n n n

46 2 Let the Bodies Hit the loor n 2 ln. lc DISTORTION O 2 i So PATCH 2 (oerul hits) start ads. 2

47 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc. 9 6 Delay ON n n B n n n n n n DISTORTION ON n n n n n DISTORTION O n i. n. n So.... What as it dear What as it n n.

48 Let the Bodies Hit the loor n n n n n ln. lc. i. So. n.. dear What as it dear Aah aah aah aah n n.. sto ads

49 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 5 55 n 9 n ln. lc. n n DISTORTION ON DISTORTION O i.. So.. The ells o hell go or you ut not or n n n..

50 6 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 6 n ln. lc.. i. n So. me Ah....

51 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. lc. 2 n n 0. Denouement ȯo ȯo ȯo ȯo i. So... I kne a sim The ells o hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling or you ut not or me.

52 Let the Bodies Hit the loor ln. 1 ȯo ȯo ȯo ȯo 1 ȯo ȯo lc. i.... So. le sol dier oy Who grinned.. I you ant to ind the dead, I've seen them hanging on the old ared sunset.

53 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 9 ln. 91 ȯo ȯo ȯo ȯo lc. i... So. at lie in em ty oy He. Wire torn horrily y rain. They had not disigured her.

54 ln. 50 Let the Bodies Hit the loor 00 2 ȯo ȯo ȯo ȯo lc. i... So.. ut a ul let through his rain or me n I kne oy or me the angels sing-a-ling-a-ling they've got

55 ln. lc. i. 10 ȯo ȯo Let the Bodies Hit the loor ȯo... ȯo DISTORTION ON Delay O n.... n..... Delay ON n 51 So. No one soke o him a - gain. the goods or me