| Description |
| On-screen: |
Butch finishes opening safe |
| Description: |
The trilling torch theme returns, ending when Butch turns the torch off |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 26] gliss C minor; [m. 27] sfz / Same combination as before / f; [m. 28] cresc; [m. 29] risoluto / From here on all very noisy and loud please / Adolf: please keep motor rythm going all through until marked out! (I haven't enough lines to write it all out) / sfz |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 26] Dialogue out; [m. 27] Butch with torch (large flame); [m. 28] Butch in outside door; [m. 29] 2 knocks |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 26] harp gliss / 2nd harp / horns; [m. 27] violas etc / gong |
| Analysis: |
The torch is again represented by an (012369) sonority, underlaid by the motor ostinato |
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| Tags |
anxious | burning | combination of themes | criminal | cutting | dissonant bass | dramatic | fire | flame | gangster | hero | motor | ostinato | pc set | rescuing | robbery | sparks | store | tense | thief | torch | turning off
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