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White Heat (1949) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]


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Instance
Theme name: Prison Fight
Borrowed from: Crime School (1938)
Start time: 0:37:48
End time: 0:38:33
Total duration: 0:00:45
Page #: 59
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 4 Part 2
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 138
Marking: Molto agitato (misterioso)
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Hank sees Bo Creel
Description: We hear a rapid dissonant string idea as Hank's heart starts racing when he sees Bo Creel; sequential ascending music leads to dramatic music for a fight scene; this music comes from another prison fight in the film Crime School (1938); it ends with a tense drone as we transition into the next scene in a jail cell
Music annotations: [m. 1] molto agitato (misterioso) / staccato / sfz / pp; [m. 3] sfz-p; [m. 6] pp; [m. 7] one tone up / crescendo; [m. 8] ff; [m. 9] ff; [m. 12] sfz; [m. 13] sfz; [m. 16] rall e dim; [m. 17] p / pp
Film annotations: [m. 8] Sock; [m. 9] Down; [m. 17] Into dialogue
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] strgs / W.W.; [m. 6] trpts (muted); [m. 8] tutti / T.C. stop it (stick); [m. 15] trbs; [m. 16] add harp; [m. 17] harp / horn
Tags

action scene | falling | fighting | gangster | guard | leading man | mickey-mousing | murderer | prison | prisoner | punching | tense | undercover agent

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