| Description |
| On-screen: |
Marlowe and Vivian drive away |
| Description: |
A four-note trilled ostinato represents the moving car (called "Speed" in the cue sheet) |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 1] ticks / legato / f / mf; [m. 5] 1/2 tone higher / Bob! This is very fast - mysterious - ominous etc; [m. 9] one tone higher / sfz; [m. 12] sfz; [m. 13] orig key / f; [m. 15] mf |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 1] Dissolve (the car); [m. 3] How far is it?; [m. 9] If Eddie Mars; [m. 12] You're in with this; [m. 14] I don't mind; [m. 15] C.U. Marlowe |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 1] W.W. / strgs / piano / gong / timp roll s. dr sticks; [m. 9] 4 trpts (muted) / horns muted; [m. 13] baritone / 2 trbs (felts); [m. 15] violins and celli arco |
| Analysis: |
The ostinato repeats in a rising sequence (every four bars); the dissonant brass accents are (0236) sonorities |
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| Tags |
car | conversing | driving | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | ostinato | pc set | private eye | sequence | tense
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