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Crime School (1938)


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Instance
Theme name: The Warden
Start time: 0:23:15
End time: 0:24:12
Total duration: 0:00:57
Page #: 22
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 3 (Part 3)
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 96
Marking: Andante
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Warden stands up to face the boys
Description: Dramatic theme for the warden using slow, chromatic rising gestures; Mickey-mousing as Frankie is hit and falls to the ground (with a drone)
Music annotations: [m. 1] tutti / p; [m. 2] sf-p / rall; [m. 3] sf; [m. 4] accel / sf-p / ten; [m. 5] sfz / tutti; [m. 6] accell / cresc; [m. 7] slow / sfz / tutti; [m. 9] dynamics / f; [m. 11] a tempo / f / risoluto; [m. 13] p
Film annotations: [m. 1] Cue: XXX / Warden rises slowly; [m. 2] Come here, you!; [m. 3] What's your name?; [m. 4] Yeah!; [m. 6] Hits Boy; [m. 7] Hits floor / Get up!; [m. 8] Get up!; [m. 9] Frank gets up; [m. 10] Now get this straight etc / Get them out of here!; [m. 11] Allright come on get going; [m. 13] That Warren kid - a trouble maker / care of him!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] trps etc; [m. 2] (gong); [m. 5] (picc, str, W.W. etc); [m. 7] piano (let it ring) / timp; [m. 9] timp solo (only)
Analysis: Consists primarily of rising chromatic parallel gestures (augmented triads in m. 1, whole tone chords in m. 5, and major triads in m. 13)
Tags

antagonist | arguing | augmented triad | authority | chromatic parallelism | establish character | falling | gang | lightning | ominous | police | reformatory | slapping | stinger | teenager | warden | whole-tone chord

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