| Description |
| On-screen: |
Canino brings Vivian out as a hostage |
| Description: |
Stealthy, slow-moving walking theme as Canino uses Vivian as a hostage (a human shield); the camera cuts to Marlowe several times and a four-note fragment from his theme is heard each time we see him |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 1] ticks; [m. 20] molto cresc |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 1] Canino and girl; [m. 5] Marlowe; [m. 8] Girl; [m. 11] Marlowe; [m. 12] Girl; [m. 16] Marlowe; [m. 17] All |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 1] harp 1st + horns / W.W. / trb + organ / basses / celli / timp / pianos + harp (2nd); [m. 5] W.W. / piano / vibra; [m. 17] gong |
| Analysis: |
Features parallel major triads in a four-chord pattern over an oscillating tritone ostinato; Marlowe's motif enters at different places in the pattern |
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| Tags |
64 chord | action scene | criminal | hostage | leading lady | leading man | love interest | ostinato | ostinato | outside | private eye | tense | tritone oscillation | walking
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