Description |
On-screen: |
Prisoners waiting |
Description: |
A "ticking" theme in the score leads directly to the ticking of a clock that Frank watches as he awaits his appointment with the parole board; in the film, Steiner's music fades out much earlier than in his sketch |
Music annotations: |
[m. 8] sfz / dim; [m. 11] sfz; [m. 12] dim; [m. 14] Repeat until stopped / ppp / morendo into clock ticking |
Film annotations: |
[m. 8] Parole board (clock); [m. 9] Door closes; [m. 11] 2 men full in; [m. 17] Out / Into Dialogue |
Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 8] str / harps / cel / piano; [m. 9] str + W.W., etc takeover / horns; [m. 14] oboe |
Analysis: |
While the upper voices oscillate between A and G, the lower voices supply the harmonies A/G, F#7, a7, and EbM7 |
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Tags |
anxious | clock | leading man | mickey-mousing | montage | montage | polychord | prisoner | ticking | waiting
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Media |