| Description |
| Description: |
Extended rising scale (as Mark ascends the staircase) to a triumphant, heroic outburst with full orchestra (heavy on brass); we don't know if Squirt is safe for sure until we hear the heroic downbeat |
| On-screen: |
Mark carries Squirt up the stairs |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 31] (8va added if you wish); [m. 32] grandioso (lots of melody) / sffz etc; [m. 33] 8va; [m. 34] etc |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 32] B. at top / The boy's saved!; [m. 34] Dissolve |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 31] add harps / horns etc / harps etc / timp; [m. 32] all W.W. + strings (celli etc) / T.C.; [m. 33] harp; [m. 34] harp |
| Analysis: |
The perfect authentic cadence at the end of this cue provides a rare moment of harmonic clarity for this scene |
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| Tags |
action scene | ascending | authentic cadence | dissonant bass | hero | heroic | leading man | mickey-mousing | reformatory | rising | stairs | teenager | walking
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