| Description |
| Description: |
The main theme of the film is a march with dissonant brass accents; the oscillating tritone in the timpani is linked with a man's footsteps as he walks down the dark hallway |
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Starring list |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 11] f; [m. 15] sfz; [m. 16] we'll make the cymbals separately; [m. 22] segue and overlap a little |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 10] sax + ? / viol; [m. 11] W.W. / strgs / 2 piano / vibraph / cel / harp / cymb with soft stick; [m. 14] 2 trpts muted and one piano; [m. 18] use 3rd trpt (felt) / horns / trbs; [m. 22] gong |
| Analysis: |
Steiner alternates between F# and C (tritone oscillation) throughout the march, creating a fundamental instability; above this, brass and strings alternate between triads a minor second apart (E-Eb / Eb-D / Bb-A, etc.), often overlapping to create the effect of polychordal harmony; a third layer plays a half-step fanfare figure (a dissonant tone cluster); the cue is transposed several times |
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| Tags |
approaching | bold | cast list | dark | dramatic | fanfare | hallway | march | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | ostinato | polychord | sequence | starring list | stranger | tone cluster | tritone oscillation | walking
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