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Death of a Scoundrel (1956) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]


Home > Film: Death of a Scoundrel > Theme: Death 2 > Instance: 0:25:31


Instance
Theme name: Death 2
Start time: 0:25:31
End time: 0:25:59
Total duration: 0:00:28
Page #: 37
Measure #: 54
Scene: Reel 3 Part 2
Meter: 4/4
Marking: Maestoso
Description
On-screen: People gather around dead man who was just hit by the truck
Description: Dramatic gesture involves alternation between a low drone and the pitches of a descending minor scale, with syncopated accents on the upper notes; gradual descrendo; ends with a dark minor triad in the lower register, followed a single strike of a chime to symbolize death (man asks "is he dead?"); music fades out
Music annotations: [m. 54] tutti / ff; [m. 55] etc; [m. 56] mf; [m. 57] mp
Film annotations: [m. 54] Clicks out / Dead; [m. 56] Kelly; [m. 57] Scene; [m. 58] No connection
Orchestration annotations: [m. 54] add timp; [m. 57] chime, vibra
Tags

church bell | death | flashback