| Description |
| On-screen: |
Main title |
| Description: |
A sweeping upward string gesture leads to a dramatic descending scale in the strings, coordinated with the appearance of the title of the film, answered by harsh, menacing brass gestures |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 5] ff / ff |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 5] M.T. |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 5] horns and 2 saxes / gong / brass; [m. 6] arpeggio pianos / 2 harps gliss; [m. 7] timp and 2 T |
| Analysis: |
This music was borrowed from the main title of Each Dawn I Die (1939) |
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| Tags |
dark | main theme | opening title sequence | title of film | tragic
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