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Crime School (1938)


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Instance
Start time: 0:08:27
Page #: 7
Measure #: 4
Scene: Reel I (Part 2)
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 116
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Spike attacks the junk shop owner
Description: Mickey-mousing as Spike attacks the junk shop owner and as he falls to the ground and is presumed dead
Music annotations: [m. 4] a tempo / marcato; [m. 5] flutter / risoluto / sffz / ped; [m. 6] andante / sffz / sf-pp; [m. 8] lunga
Film annotations: [m. 4] Man grabs Frankie; [m. 5] Man hits Frankie / Hits man; [m. 6] He falls / Group looking; [m. 8] He ain't moving! You killed him, Spike!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 5] harp + piano gliss; [m. 6] piano + gong (let it ring) / celli, basses + Hamm organ
Analysis: Culminates in a dissonant polychord
Tags

attacking | conflict | death | dramatic | fighting | gang | mickey-mousing | polychord | shop | shopkeeper | teenager | tense

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