| Description |
| On-screen: |
Charlie talks to inmates |
| Description: |
Dark theme for Charlie, portraying his character ("I'm a bad guy"); hiccup-like rhythms give us a clue to his drunkenness |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 26] sfz / molto rit / Music could stop here if I had my way!; [m. 27] mf; [m. 28] mysterioso / mp; [m. 29] slowly / poco marcato / screwy / mp; [m. 31] morendo; [m. 32] legato; [m. 34] mp / ten / a little faster; [m. 34] Comedy - against underlying menace - collossal!!; [m. 35] f; [m. 36] mf / not too heavy |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 26] They stop / Allright, Charlie!; [m. 27] Charlie appears; [m. 28] Before you go to work; [m. 29] I’m a nice guy - a bad guy; [m. 30] He’s nuts / He can have both |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 26] 2 horns remain; [m. 27] 3 trbs / timp roll; [m. 28] horns; [m. 29] W.W. / celli / basses / violas; [m. 31] timp roll |
| Analysis: |
There are polytonal clashes in the theme, with parallelism in the upper voices |
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| Tags |
conversing | dark | drunk | establish character | leading man | polychord | prison | prisoner | warden
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