Description |
On-screen: |
Dr. Clitterhouse locked in safe |
Description: |
Strong low brass gestures and high, tense strings; creating tension as Dr. Clitterhouse is locked in the vault |
Music annotations: |
[m. 121] tremolo / appassionato; [m. 122] etc. / gliss D major; [m. 123] gliss / sffz / tutti; [m. 124] pp / fffz |
Film annotations: |
[m. 120] Bangs on door / Rocks!; [m. 121] Rocks! / Bangs on door; [m. 122] Turns controls; [m. 123] Turns controls; [m. 125] Turns other control; [m. 126] Motor starts / This overlaps part 3 / End of part 2 |
Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 119] 3 trbs + horns / basses, tuba, celli, bassoons; [m. 120] str + W.W., piccolo; [m. 121] trbs out; [m. 123] timp roll |
Analysis: |
A rising then descending chromatic scale in the strings is supported by parallel chromatic major triads; the cue ends with a dissonant clash between an F#-C tritone and an E# diminished seventh chord |
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Tags |
anxious | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | criminal | doctor | double-cross | dramatic | gangster | leading man | murderer | murdering | panicking | polychord | pounding | robbery | safe | store | tense | thief | trapping | vault | yelling
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