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Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

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Instance
Gesture name: Going down stairs
Start time: 1:19:05
Page #: 68
Measure #: 4
Scene: Reel 9 Part I
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 132
Marking: Risoluto
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Rocky runs down the stairs
Description: Descending music as Rocky goes down the stairs
Music annotations: [m. 4] ff / tutti / f
Film annotations: [m. 4] Rocky starting down stairs
Orchestration annotations: [m. 4] timp
Analysis: Descending chromatic scales harmonized with half-diminished 7th chords
Tags

agitated | chromatic scale | conflict | down | dramatic | gangster | half-diminished 7th chord | leading man | mickey-mousing | running | stairs | stairwell

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