| Description |
| On-screen: |
Mabel looks up and sees Joe |
| Description: |
This cue generates tension by repeating fragments of the main theme in an ascending sequence |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 18] a tempo (expressivo); [m. 19] sfz; [m. 20] sempre cresc; [m. 21] sempre cresc; [m. 22] p; [m. 28] no tremolo / dolce / slowly / legato; [m. 32] molto cresc / rit |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 18] Mabel behind Bars; [m. 19] Allright, Kate!; [m. 21] She rises; [m. 23] Matron at lock; [m. 25] Door closes; [m. 26] They walk; [m. 28] Mabel rises; [m. 32] Gun out |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 19] celli / timp; [m. 20] one trb (hat) and timp / W.W.? / horns?; [m. 24] 3 trbs in hats / harp; [m. 25] horns 1/2 stopped (echo); [m. 27] horn (simile) |
| Analysis: |
First, motive X is repeated in an ascending half-step sequence; then motive Y is repeated in a call a response pattern between brass and strings; it ends with several echoes of motive Y; the cue is harmonized with diminished and half-diminished sevenths created through linear chromatic motion (in an expanding chromatic wedge) |
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| Tags |
chromatic wedge | dissonant bass | jail | jail break | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | tense | warden
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