| Description |
| On-screen: |
Gangsters crash the car |
| Description: |
Rapidly ascending patterns lead to a big crash sound; cymbal crash as the car crashes |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 20] ff; [m. 21] chromatic; [m. 22] gliss / sfz / 8va; [m. 23] maestoso / all dissonances intentional; [m. 24] sfz / this connects to part 5 (overlaps) |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 20] Mabel (tires screech); [m. 22] Crash; [m. 24] Dissolve |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 20] all W.W. + str / 4 horns / basses / trbns / bassoon / saxes / piano / 3 trbs; [m. 21] timp roll etc; [m. 22] T.C. gong etc / timp |
| Analysis: |
Chromatic whirling continues in the strings (suggesting the car motor); a chromatic pattern in the bass slowly rises, then accelerates towards the crash; clashing pitches throughout (E/Eb, F/E, etc.); the last few measures are cut from the film, moving directly into the scene after the crash |
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| Tags |
action scene | car | chromatic scale | crashing | dramatic | gangster | hero | leading man | mickey-mousing | newspaper editor | street
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