| Description |
| On-screen: |
Gerald faces his mother |
| Description: |
The cue begins with a dark stinger when Gerald says he is no longer afraid "Of you, mother," initiating an emotionally turbulent cue; yearning string gestures over a pedal tone |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 50] ff / molto expressivo / sff / (Hand on gong! we'll have to try it!!); [m. 53] molto expressivo; [m. 54] Listesso |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 50] She turns; [m. 52] Gerald watching |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 50] sul g / 3 trbs etc. / timp etc. / T.C.; [m. 51] 2 harps; [m. 52] timp / gong; [m .52] celli / horn |
| Analysis: |
The climbing melody is laden with heavy appoggiaturas over a dominant pedal tone |
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| Tags |
advance plot | antagonist | appoggiatura | boy | child | conversing | dark | home | mother | pedal tone | room | sad | stinger | tragic
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