| Description |
| On-screen: |
Jonathan enters the house |
| Description: |
As Jonathan enters the house, we hear a dissonant chromatic wedge expanding outwards (a dark theme that indicates how dangerous he is) |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 41] andte / mp; [m. 42] a tempo / mp; [m. 44] cresc |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 41] Door opens; [m. 42] 1st step; [m. 44] Turns face |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 41] timp / basses / celli / tuba / (bassoons) / piano; [m. 42] harp also / trbs / horn; [m. 44] add pianos (pedal) |
| Analysis: |
Jonathan's theme features a chromatically descending bass line that is dissonant against the thick triadic chords above it, creating an expanding wedge that culminates in a clash between an F# minor-major 7th and a G major triad (an 0124689 sonority) |
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| Tags |
arriving | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | close-up | criminal | dark | dissonant bass | establish character | leading man | observing | ominous | pc set | room | walking | zoom in
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