Description |
Description: |
Dark, agitated, swirling, dissonant music in a low register, very slowly rising and building tension as the threats of war loom; a sign is put up that says "Germany Refuses to Yield" |
On-screen: |
The crowd outside |
Music annotations: |
[m. 1] Tempo track / 12 Fr. / mf / almost tutti; [m. 7] This is a continuation from Reel 7 Part 4; [m. 9] chromatic; [m. 15] simile / simile / 1 tone higher; [m. 17] sfz / tremolo; [m. 19] p; [m. 23] etc. 1/2 tone higher than in bar 21; [m. 26] tremolo / f / f / marcato; [m. 27] molto cresc |
Film annotations: |
[m. 1] The crowd milling; [m. 4] Muni and Leni; [m. 9] They walk forward; [m. 12] Muni points; [m. 13] Pan thru crowd; [m. 17] Inside office (dialogue); [m. 21] Shut up!; [m. 26] Outside bakery; [m. 27] Throws stone |
Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 1] timp roll thruout; [m. 11] gong; [m. 13] viol; [m. 14] tuba / basses; [m. 17] horns / celli / bassoon / trbs / timp / gong; [m. 26] add piccolo / horns / trbs / timp roll |
Analysis: |
Features chromatic up-and-down gestures over a series of chords based on a rising chromatic scale in the bass |
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Tags |
agitated | chromatic scale | conflict | confused | crowd | hero | linear chromaticism | metric dissonance | pedal tone | polychord | riot | rioting | street | tense | underscoring
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