| Description |
| On-screen: |
Title card, cast list and prison |
| Description: |
The final part of the main title sequence features a new theme (not borrowed from In This Our Life) that is presented in low brass and strings, leading into the opening scene; this theme is dark and somber, followed by a solemn Amen cadence in minor |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 33] triste; [m. 35] molto expressivo; [m. 36] legato; [m. 37] andante; [m. 39] pp / p subito / mf / mp; [m. 40] rall / pp / let it ring; [m. 41] pp |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 39] Dialogue; [m. 41] Father rises |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 33] organ trpts 3 a 2 felts; [m. 35] violins violas celli / organ + W. wind / horns; [m. 36] tutti; [m. 37] W.W. / horns a 4 / tutti / pianos too; [m. 39] chimes (soft hammer - one man) / horn + E.H. |
| Analysis: |
Steiner adds some intentional dissonances to the initial chord progression |
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| Tags |
cast list | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | dark | guard | opening title sequence | priest | prison | somber | warden
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