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Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

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Instance
Start time: 1:17:41
Page #: 64
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 8 Part 3
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 112
Marking: Agitato
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Rocky climbs up an escape ladder
Description: Ascending string gestures as Rocky goes up the ladder
Music annotations: [m. 1] [quarter note] = 120 M.M. / allegro / f / cresc; [m. 2] etc col
Film annotations: [m. 1] Tempo track / Rocky climbs stairs; [m. 2] Roof
Analysis: An ascending melodic sequence is paired with ascending parallel major triads over a pedal tone on C and D
Tags

agitated | ascending | chromatic parallelism | climbing | conflict | dramatic | gangster | ladder | leading man | mickey-mousing | pedal tone | sequence | street | up

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