| Description |
| On-screen: |
Joe pulls out a gun |
| Description: |
A fragment from the main theme repeats obsessively in an ascending sequence, generating tension |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 33] f; [m. 36] rall; [m. 37] a tempo / ff |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 33] Mabel runs to Joe; [m. 34] Quiet!; [m. 37] Cell door closed |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 33] senza sordini / str tremolo / W.W. shakes / tutti / (no trpts) / celli / horns / trbs / basses etc; [m. 37] basses, celli etc (piano, harps); [m. 39] all str + W.W. / horns / violas / cell bassoons (piano) / timp / brass / tuba; [m. 43] harp / 2nd harp gliss Bb minor; [m. 44] add muted trpts; [m. 45] arpeggio / celli horns / 1st harp / 2nd |
| Analysis: |
Motive X in various rhythmic transformations, harmonized by a half-diminished seventh chord |
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| Tags |
gun | half-diminished 7th chord | jail | jail break | leading lady | leading man | tense | warden
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