Angels With Dirty Faces

Description
On-screen:	Rocky climbs up an escape ladder
Description:	Ascending string gestures as Rocky goes up the ladder
Music annotations:	[m. 1] [quarter note] = 120 M.M. / allegro / f / cresc; [m. 2] etc col
Film annotations:	[m. 1] Tempo track / Rocky climbs stairs; [m. 2] Roof
Analysis:	An ascending melodic sequence is paired with ascending parallel major triads over a pedal tone on C and D

Tags
agitated \| ascending \| chromatic parallelism \| climbing \| conflict \| dramatic \| gangster \| ladder \| leading man \| mickey-mousing \| pedal tone \| sequence \| street \| up
Media

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)