| Description |
| On-screen: |
Rocks is poisoned |
| Description: |
Dissonant tone clusters and tritones as Rocks begins to feel the effects of the poison; quiet chromatic descending lines over a tense drone |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 1] pp; [m. 2] pp; [m. 3] pp; [m. 4] simile; [m. 5] poco animato; [m. 6] pp; [m. 7] pp; [m. 8] sf; [m. 9] pp / ppp; [m. 10] pp; [m. 10] this whole scene ppp; [m. 12] pp |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 1] Cue: XXX; [m. 2] I've thought it all out; [m. 3] Why?; [m. 6] Knocked out?; [m. 8] Death by drowning; [m. 9] Sure; [m. 12] Look at me! |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 1] 2 subtone clarinets; [m. 2] 2 fl / harp added / piano + harp solo; [m. 3] gong ppp / (piano let it ring); [m. 5] 3 horns and harp; [m. 6] gong / basses + contrabassoon; [m. 8] add piano and harp also celli; [m. 9] oboe (cue in fl as well) / timp roll; [m. 10] bassoon (vibraphone added with both voices); [m. 12] piano + harp + timp |
| Analysis: |
The cue begins with a tight (012) tone cluster, which expands to (01245); parallel rising quartal chords in measure 5 might represent Rocks's struggle against the effects of the poison; descending parallel fifths in measure 10 might represent him succumbing to the poison; the prominent descending tritones might connect with Rocks motif |
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| Tags |
dissonant | doctor | gangster | leading lady | leading man | murder | murderer | murdering | murder scene | mysterious | office | parallel fifths | poison | poisoning | quartal chord | tense | tone cluster | tritone
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