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Caged (1950)


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Instance
Theme name: Police Van
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 3
Measure #: 8
Scene: Main Title
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 80
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Inside of a police van
Description: This theme features a trill that mimics the sound of the police siren; it was not used in the film; this cue was recorded and is preserved in the Max Steiner Collection at BYU
Music annotations: [m. 10] strings no shakes; [m. 11] cres; [m. 16] 1/2 tone up; [m. 19] no shakes
Orchestration annotations: [m. 10] strgs no shakes; [m. 14] add vibra; [m. 16] add vibra this time
Analysis: Whole-tone and diminished 7th chords oscillate over a chromatic bass, resting momentarily on an A | e polychord
Tags

car | cut from film | dark | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | driving | guard | opening title sequence | oscillation | point-of-view shot | police car | polychord | prisoner | riding | siren effect | tense | whole-tone chord

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