| Description |
| On-screen: |
Two cars crash |
| Description: |
There is a dramatic crescendo with rapid ascending string gestures, leading to a heavy accent as the two cars crash |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 33] ff / sempre cresc; [m. 34] etc. gliss added |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 33] C.U. Cagney; [m. 34] He falls / Street |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 33] viol etc. / horns etc. cont.; [m. 35] timp |
| Analysis: |
A chromatic scale in the strings whirls ever upwards, arriving at a dissonant [023469] tone cluster as the cars crash; the basses and horns move in parallel minor seconds throughout and there are rhythmic clashes between the parts |
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| Tags |
car | car crash | chromatic scale | conflict | crashing | explosion | frantic | hero | leading man | metric dissonance | minor second | reporter | street | tone cluster
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