This is a project to transcribe Milton Babbitt's only film score, "Into the Good Ground" (1949).
The film can be viewed on YouTube here

This is a work in progress, and I am hopeful that better ears than mine will contribute their transcription insights along the way.
Feel free to print out a score and email me your edits.

My goal here is not "what exactly did they play?"
but, based on the recording and musical sense:
"what did the score probably look like?"

I have divided the film score into 23 short parts.
Below are links to the audio files and the most current versions of transcription.


Current contributors:
Erik Carlson, Ellie Moser, Aleck Karis, Michael Nicolas



Part 1 (0:00 - 0:55) audio score

Part 2 (1:49 - 2:44) audio score

Part 3 (3:56 - 4:23) audio score

Part 4 (4:23 - 5:16) audio score

Part 5 (5:16 - 6:01) audio score

Part 6 (6:01 - 6:38) audio score

Part 7 (7:02 - 7:57) audio score

Part 8 (7:57 - 8:22) audio score

Part 9 (8:22 - 8:50) audio score

Part 10 (8:50 - 9:04) audio score

Part 11 (9:04 - 9:53) audio score

Part 12 (11:56 - 14:30) audio score

Part 13 (18:07 - 18:24) audio score

Part 14 (18:25 - 19:04) audio score

Part 15 (19:04 - 19:22) audio score

Part 16 (19:22 - 20:15) audio score

Part 17 (20:19 - 20:49) audio score (is this by someone else?)

Part 18 (20:49 - 22:01) audio score

Part 19 (22:29 - 23:38) audio score

Part 20 (24:04 - 25:27) audio score

Part 21 (25:27 - 26:22) audio score

Part 22 (26:22 - 26:58) audio score

Part 23 (26:58 - 27:14) audio score



Full score of all parts in one file