Arsenic and Old Lace

Description
On-screen:	Jonathan threatens the aunts
Description:	We hear the Jonathan 2 theme as he threatens the aunts and backs them into a corner
Music annotations:	[m. 1] cue: X X X / slowly; [m. 2] sord / from Reel 4 Part 2 orig key (as is)
Film annotations:	[m. 1] Cue: XXX; [m. 2] You remember; [m. 4] Perhaps we'd better
Analysis:	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)

Tags
advance plot \| aunt \| brother \| chromatic scale \| chromatic wedge \| crazy person \| criminal \| dark \| dissonant bass \| doctor \| fear \| leading lady \| leading man \| murderer \| ominous \| pc set \| room \| threatening
Media

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)