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Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]


Home > Film: Hell on Frisco Bay > Theme: Lye > Instance: 0:16:52


Instance
Theme name: Lye
Start time: 0:16:52
End time: 0:17:13
Total duration: 0:00:21
Page #: 19
Measure #: 50
Scene: Reel 3 Part 1
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 76
Marking: Religioso
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Solo Instrument: violin
Description
On-screen: Amato talks to Lye
Description: Lye's theme features a dolce solo violin that gives way to a twitching motive; this initial statement begins with a slow, religioso figure as Lye talks about praying in prison; Steiner mickey-mouses Lye's face twitch with a quick neighboring gesture in the oboe
Music annotations: [m. 50] religioso / p; [m. 51] dolce
Film annotations: [m. 50] C.U.; [m. 52] Face twitch
Orchestration annotations: [m. 50] W.W.; [m. 51] solo vln; [m. 52] hp / ob / stgs; [m. 55] solo vln / hp / ob / stgs / W.W.
Tags

antagonist | boss | comical | conductor score | conversing | establish character | gangster | gentle | mickey-mousing | office | pestering | scar | twitching