| Description |
| On-screen: |
Mars falls dead to the ground |
| Description: |
There is a dark stinger as Mars falls to the ground, followed by tense dissonance |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 1] sordini / tutti / sffz; [m. 2] adagio / p / pp [m. 3] p |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 1] Dead; [m. 2] Foot; [m. 3] Door shut |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 1] gong; [m. 2] violas sordini / bassoon / brass out / organ / celli basses divisi; [m. 3] piano (pedal) / vibra / flts |
| Analysis: |
The death chord is a low, closely-spaced C minor triad, to which is added a dissonant F# and A |
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| Tags |
criminal | death | dying | falling | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mysterious | ominous | private eye | resolution | room | stinger | tense | underscoring
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