| Description |
| On-screen: |
Marlowe runs to his car |
| Description: |
Dramatic underscoring (action music) for thugs running around and Marlowe running to his car |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 1] f / strong bass line; [m. 2] etc; [m. 7] sfz; [m. 8] f; [m. 9] misterioso |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 1] He runs; [m. 2] M. runs; [m. 7] Stops; [m. 8] Takes gun; [m. 9] Hides |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 1] W.W. / strgs / horns / pianos / trbs / W.W. / viol?; [m. 8] add harps pianos (let them ring) / horns / trombones; [m. 9] G harps etc |
| Analysis: |
Begins with a rising chromatic scale (in the lower voices) followed by a figure that is subjected to diminution and fragmentation; harmonized with whole-tone sonorities and dominant flat-9 chords |
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| Tags |
9th chord | action scene | criminal | diminution | dramatic | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | love interest | outside | private eye | running | underscoring | whole-tone chord
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