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Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

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Instance
Gesture name: Mac gets shot
Start time: 1:16:35
Page #: 58
Measure #: 5
Scene: Reel 8 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 112
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Mac gets shot and dies
Description: Descending gesture leading to a timpani hit and a drone
Music annotations: [m. 5] sffz / tutti; [m. 6] sffz / dim; [m. 7] sffz / sffz-p
Film annotations: [m. 5] Shot / Gun drops; [m. 6] Starts to face; [m. 7] He's down
Orchestration annotations: [m. 5] all stgs / 3 tpts, E.H., cls / 2 tbns, bns, b cl; [m. 6] tbns / tuba, ba cl / timp; [m. 7] vlns, cls / cellos
Analysis: Parallel minor triads and descending chromatic scales
Tags

agitated | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | conflict | death | dramatic | dying | falling | gangster | gun | gunshot | lawyer | leading man | mickey-mousing | room | shooting

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