| Description |
| On-screen: |
Frank is framed for drunk driving |
| Description: |
Dramatic underscoring begins abruptly as we shift to the gangster in the car with Frank |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 28] sffz / ff / tutti; [m. 29] sffz; [m. 30] f / tutti; [m. 31] crescendo; [m. 32] risoluto |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 29] Hits him with bottle / He falls; [m. 31] Motor starts; [m. 32] G. jumps / Car starts |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 29] [cymbal] with stick; [m. 30] timp roll solo / add piano; [m. 31] timp roll etc.; [m. 32] harps etc. / horns etc. / trbs |
| Analysis: |
Dissonant b9 chords are used for dramatic accents when he is it hit with a bottle and when he falls; when the motor starts Steiner uses two half-step trills a half-step apart; the gangster jumps out of the car with a descending diminished seventh arpeggiation |
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| Tags |
9th chord | attacking | car | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | gangster | hero | leading man | minor second | murder | pushing | reporter | setup | street | underscoring | violence
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