Harrison completed the soundtrack in London over the remainder of January, after which he and Ken Scott mixed the recordings. During this last process, Harrison edited "Swordfencing" into the piece on 11 February and overdubbed further sound effects. At 5:27 in length, "Dream Scene" was the longest selection included on the album that Harrison culled from the film's music soundtrack, Wonderwall Music.
Structure and content
Aside from "Ski-ing", "Dream Scene" is the only selection on Wonderwall Music in which the Indian and Western musical styles are combined. The song consists of three distinct parts. The first is a meditative section featuring phase-shifted Indian instrumentation such as harp (swarmandal) and sitar, much of which is reversed through the use of backwards tape loops. Hand drums (tabla tarang) then enter, along with vocals (sung in Nepali) that pan from one side to the other across the stereo image. Leng describes the effect as "hauntingly fragile male and female Indian voices in a love duet".
The second part begins at 2:27 with what Leng terms "a charging John Barham piano vamp answered by a host of flutes". Drums and further orchestration also enter at this point. The third part starts at 3:23 with a portion of white noise atmospherics, which is soon contrasted by a graceful trumpet solo. Dual harmonica parts enter, interspersed with a police siren, followed by more backwards tape sounds; guitar, flange-treated piano and Mellotron are also heard.
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