The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock
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The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock is a dramatic choral-orchestral piece by Arthur Benjamin, best known for underscoring the tense assassination attempt sequence in Hitchcock’s film “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”
All labels observed (1)
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| The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10089023 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock Context triple: [Arthur Benjamin, notableWork, The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock]
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The Shining (film score)
The Shining (film score) is the atmospheric and experimental electronic soundtrack composed by Wendy Carlos for Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror film The Shining.
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B.
The Hindenburg (1975 film score)
The Hindenburg (1975 film score) is a suspenseful orchestral soundtrack composed by David Shire for the 1975 historical disaster film about the infamous German airship.
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C.
The Eye of the Storm (film score)
The Eye of the Storm (film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Australian musician Paul Grabowsky for the film adaptation of Patrick White’s novel "The Eye of the Storm."
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D.
The Third Man Theme
The Third Man Theme is a famous zither melody composed by Anton Karas for the 1949 film "The Third Man," renowned for its distinctive, haunting tune and enduring popularity.
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E.
Psycho (1960 film) score
The "Psycho" (1960) score is Bernard Herrmann’s iconic, string-only film soundtrack, renowned for its shrieking violins and tense motifs that revolutionized horror movie music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock Target entity description: The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock is a dramatic choral-orchestral piece by Arthur Benjamin, best known for underscoring the tense assassination attempt sequence in Hitchcock’s film “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”
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A.
The Shining (film score)
The Shining (film score) is the atmospheric and experimental electronic soundtrack composed by Wendy Carlos for Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror film The Shining.
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B.
The Hindenburg (1975 film score)
The Hindenburg (1975 film score) is a suspenseful orchestral soundtrack composed by David Shire for the 1975 historical disaster film about the infamous German airship.
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C.
The Eye of the Storm (film score)
The Eye of the Storm (film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Australian musician Paul Grabowsky for the film adaptation of Patrick White’s novel "The Eye of the Storm."
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D.
The Third Man Theme
The Third Man Theme is a famous zither melody composed by Anton Karas for the 1949 film "The Third Man," renowned for its distinctive, haunting tune and enduring popularity.
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E.
Psycho (1960 film) score
The "Psycho" (1960) score is Bernard Herrmann’s iconic, string-only film soundtrack, renowned for its shrieking violins and tense motifs that revolutionized horror movie music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | cantata ⓘ |
| associatedArtForm |
concert music
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film music ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirector | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| composer | Arthur Benjamin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| directorOfAssociatedFilm | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| dramaticPurpose | to build tension leading up to a gunshot ⓘ |
| filmMusicFunction | diegetic concert piece within the film ⓘ |
| filmSequenceType | concert hall sequence ⓘ |
| firstUsedInHitchcockFilm | The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) ⓘ |
| genre | dramatic cantata ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
chorus
ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | underscoring an assassination attempt sequence ⓘ |
| notableSceneLocation | Royal Albert Hall ⓘ |
| orchestration | full symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| reusedInRemake | The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film) ⓘ |
| scoring | chorus and orchestra ⓘ |
| textAuthor | D. B. Wyndham-Lewis ⓘ |
| title | Storm Clouds Cantata ⓘ |
| usedBy | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| usedInFilm |
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film) ⓘ |
| vocalForces | mixed chorus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock Description of subject: The Storm Clouds Cantata used by Alfred Hitchcock is a dramatic choral-orchestral piece by Arthur Benjamin, best known for underscoring the tense assassination attempt sequence in Hitchcock’s film “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”
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