| Description |
| On-screen: |
A doctor works on Kay |
| Description: |
A theme representing Kay's pneumonia is played very quietly in the lower register; solo instruments (flute and violin) play a slowly oscillating line within a very narrow range; the mood is tense and unsure; the cue ends with a chromatic rising gesture that corresponds with the nurse turning the knob on a oxygen tank |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 8] pp / p subito; [m. 10] enharmonic / delicato; [m. 11] dolce; [m. 12] listesso / pp / morendo; [m. 16] Hugo! If you have a better idea for the orchestration - please disregard my markings!; [m. 17] molto legato |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 8] Sick room; [m. 12] Doc over Kay; [m. 17] C.U. Meter |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 8] str only / 2 flts celeste + vibra / strgs; [m. 10] flt viola + celeste; [m. 12] gong / viola? / W.W. / basses + harp |
| Analysis: |
The melody shifts between oscillation and chromatic scalar gestures; it is harmonized with sevenths and (0157) tetrachords |
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| Tags |
child | chromatic scale | dark | death scene | doctor | dying | ex-husband | heroine | illness | leading lady | mickey-mousing | nurse | oscillation | patient | pc set | room | sick person | somber | tense | treating | turning point | waiting | watching
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