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Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Dramatic)
Start time: 1:25:20
End time: 1:25:31
Total duration: 0:00:11
Page #: 94
Measure #: 52
Scene: Reel 9 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 138
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Rocky throws his gun
Description: Dramatic underscoring followed by a drone
Music annotations: [m. 52] tutti / gliss; [m. 54] riten / sfz / sffz-p (subito); [m. 55] slower
Film annotations: [m. 52] Throws guns at cops; [m. 54] Got him in the leg; [m. 55] Empty!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 53] horns, celli, bassoons; [m. 54] timp roll / T.C.
Analysis: Rising chromatic gestures create some tension
Tags

capturing | chromatic scale | conflict | dissonant bass | dramatic | gangster | gun | leading man | police | sequence | street | throwing | underscoring

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