I chose to create a graphic score to accompany the “Percy Chasing the Mouse” scene from the 1999 film “The Green Mile”. (YouTube, 2019)

The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy crime drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from Stephen King’s 1996 novel of the same name. It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe’s (Tom Hanks) encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities.

Percy Wetmore is a particularly cruel and arrogant guard who makes the atmosphere on E block violent and unpredictable. While he takes pleasure in beating and humiliating weaker individuals, he deeply fears humiliation himself.

There is a typical day in the hallway of the Green Mile. Percy`s whistling brakes the silence while he is brushing his hair. Suddenly a mouse appears from nowhere and runs to the front desk where guards are eating their lunch. They starting to throw some food to the mouse. Percy quietly but angrily watching the events when suddenly he shouts and throws his stick to the mouse. The animal escapes and runs away but Percy follows her. While he tries to overrun the poor little animal, he grabs a trash bin and throws to the mouse. He missed her and the mouse runs away and disappears in the storage room.

The percussion are required to take the main role. They create the sound of different activities in the scene such as running, stepping and throwing objects. They also represent the anger as emotion. The strings provide the various back noises and the dynamics are indicated by the thickness of the line on the score.

References:

Your Bibliography: YouTube. (2019). The Green Mile (1999) – Percy Chasing the Mouse. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo26kWC4nY8 [Accessed 18 Aug. 2019].