4/7/14

Transcribing John Williams - "Catch Me If You Can"

Over the weekend I heard a wonderfully eerie, mysterious John Williams piece while watching the fantastic film Catch Me If You Can, and I just had to transcribe it to figure out what was going on harmonically and functionally.  Although it's not terribly complex (a second-inverted triad in parallel motion, opposite in motion to a singular bass note), it sounded so when I first heard it -- what a great effect.  Enjoy this short transcription: