| Description |
| On-screen: |
Shadows move across the screen behind the cast list |
| Description: |
This is the main theme for the film; it is a minor-mode, folk-like melody with a "Scotch snap" that establishes the setting as the British Isles; it also creates a somber mood with its slow, march-like rhythms, accompanied by shadows of marching soldiers on the screen |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 1] ff; [m. 3] ff / sfz; [m. 4] sfz; [m. 6] sfz / legato; [m. 7] sfz; [m. 8] sfz; [m. 9] sfz; [m. 10] sffz; [m. 11] dim / f / (heavyly) |
| Analysis: |
The raised C# in the accompaniment gives the theme a modal (Dorian) feel |
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| Tags |
cast list | Dorian mode | folk-like | informer | marching | minor pentatonic | mysterious | opening title sequence | Scotch snap | searching | serious | shadow | soldier | street | title of film
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