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Each Dawn I Die (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Dramatic)
Start time: 0:04:55
End time: 0:05:11
Total duration: 0:00:16
Page #: 6
Measure #: 14
Scene: Reel I Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 112
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Frank is pushed into a car
Description: More dramatic gestures, accompanying actions on screen; swirling ostinato as the car departs
Music annotations: [m. 13] sfz; [m. 14] sfz; [m. 17] sffz; [m. 20] cresc
Film annotations: [m. 13] Gun; [m. 14] Get in the back; [m. 16] Opens door; [m. 17] Hits him / Interior; [m. 19] Starts to leave
Orchestration annotations: [m. 14] str etc.; [m. 19] timp roll / horns
Analysis: Features plenty of diminished 7th chords over dissonant pedals as well as some repeating gestures, fragmentation, and a falling chromatic scale
Tags

car | chromatic scale | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | dramatic | fragmentation | gangster | gun | hero | kidnapping | leading man | pushing | reporter | street | underscoring | violence

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