| Description |
| On-screen: |
Gerald is scolded by his mother |
| Description: |
Passionate scoring as Gerald's mother scolds him and as Gerald tells David a dramatic event from his day; unstable and somewhat turbulent in nature |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 48] listesso; [m. 51] meno / pp; [m. 53] listesso; [m. 55] rall; [m. 56] rallo / sfz / pp; [m. 57] dolce |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 48] She grabs him; [m. 49] Oh no, mother!; [m. 53] I was watching; [m. 56] I was frightened! |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 48] W.W. cont / viol cont / celli; [m. 56] all viol cont / celeste + vibraphone / timp; [m. 58] str quartet / 2 [illegible] |
| Analysis: |
This turbulent cue begins with a descending chromatic sweep, then a rising gesture supported by a four-chord harmonic sequence, then another descending sweep supported by parallel dominant 7th chords; the prolongation of B7 at the end suggests a resolution to E, which is denied |
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| Tags |
antagonist | boy | child | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | deceptive resolution | dominant 7th chord | establish character | fragmentation | harmonic sequence | hero | home | linear chromaticism | mother | passionate | scolding | sequence | telling a story | tense
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