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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: Hammy Is Shot > Instance: 0:53:37


Instance
Theme name: Hammy Is Shot
Start time: 0:53:37
End time: 0:53:50
Total duration: 0:00:13
Page #: 62
Measure #: 12
Scene: Reel 7 Part 4 / Reel 8 Part 1
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 144
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Hammy falls to the ground
Description: A three-octave descending chromatic scale mirrors Hammy's fall to the ground after he is shot; this is followed by minor-mode music expressing the pathos of Hammy's death
Music annotations: [m. 12] ff; [m. 14] sffz; [m. 15] sf; [m.16] sf; [m. 17] sf; [m. 18] sf
Orchestration annotations: [m. 12] tutti / trbs / tuba / timp / (strings - W.W.)
Tags

action scene | conductor score | death | detective | dramatic | dying | falling | gangster | leading man | mickey-mousing | street | tragic