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They Made Me a Criminal (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Mysterious)
Start time: 0:23:21
End time: 0:23:56
Total duration: 0:00:35
Page #: 15
Measure #: 27
Scene: Reel 3 Part I
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 92
Marking: Mysterioso
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Men at the diner stand up
Description: A solo bassoon gesture initiates mysterious underscoring; it becomes more dramatic as he confronts a man in the bar over some money that he dropped
Music annotations: [m. 28] pp; [m. 29] p; [m. 31] This chord rather full (very dramatic) / sfz-p; [m. 32] poco a poco cresc; [m. 33] risoluto / f (tutti) / sffz / trem; [m. 34] sffz; [m. 35] sfz; [m. 36] sfz / p; [m. 38] p; [m. 39] pp; [m. 40] Thats all, Folks!! Thank you! Station M.R.S. and Glendale Station H. F. - Signing off!!
Film annotations: [m. 28] Men sneak towards money; [m. 30] G. stands up / Money on floor; [m. 31] Puts foot on it / Hey you got foot on money / Thats where you're wrong; [m. 33] G. grabs man / Man grabs; [m. 34] Shut up!; [m. 35] G. shows fear; [m. 36] whats the matter?; [m. 37] Nothin; [m. 38] They release him / Nothin; [m. 39] He exits; [m. 40] Dissolve to train
Orchestration annotations: [m. 27] bassoon (cue in clar); [m. 28] add horn (muted) / picc and W.W.; [m. 30] fl and celeste? / (vibra)? / str / horns?; [m. 31] basses, celli / timp roll pp; [m. 33] viol, W.W. / 4 violins, 4 violas, W.W. / brass / celli, bassoon, basses / cymbal roll; [m. 35] trbs, horns etc. / timp roll / gong roll; [m. 36] violas (vibraphone), harp; [m. 39] vibra + flute
Analysis: Harmonized primarily with half-diminished seventh chords, ending with a passage of linear chromaticism
Tags

added-note chord | advance plot | diner | dissonant bass | fighting | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | linear chromaticism | money | mysterious | sitting | sneaking | underscoring | whole-tone chord

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