| Description |
| Description: |
Ostinato of the dark Titus motif as Titus holds Lane at gunpoint; In this variant, clashing instruments in the orchestra move in contrary motion, suggesting the struggle between Lane and Titus over the gun; the first gunshot is near the end of this cue |
| On-screen: |
Titus holds a gun on Lane |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 8] sfz-p / sfz; [m. 11] morendo; [m. 13] ff / gliss C major; [m. 14] ff; [m. 15] gliss; [m. 16] mf; [m. 17] ff / ff; [m. 18] 1/2 tone higher |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 8] I should have; [m. 14] Grabs gun |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 8] strgs + Novachord / strgs / pianos / W.W.; [m. 10] trbs felts / basses / Novachord / pianos harps only; [m. 12] timp; [m. 14] t c mp / tutti (no trpts) / horns?; [m. 16] add horns / 2 trpts (open); [m. 17] trpts a 3 / horn / trbs |
| Analysis: |
The repeating ostinato rises from Cb to D to F; the extended motif also rises from Cb to Eb to Ab to A |
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| Tags |
climax | club | dramatic | fighting | gun | gunshot | leading lady | menacing | ostinato | self-borrowing | sequence | sheriff | struggling | tense | threatening
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