| Description |
| On-screen: |
A rushing train and a map |
| Description: |
Dissonant brass and chugging strings, imitating a locomotive and a train whistle |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 15] train imitation / horns sustain F#; [m. 16] (whistle imitation) |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 15] Oklahoma / Train wheels |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 15] bassoons / tuba / viola, celli etc. / brass tutti / basses / celli / piano; [m. 16] T.C. |
| Analysis: |
Steiner uses a polychord to imitate the train whistle, with an f#o7 chord against a G major chord (and an E pedal in the bass) |
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| Tags |
dramatic | leading man | mickey-mousing | montage | montage | motoric | polychord | train | train | traveling | whistle
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