| Description |
| On-screen: |
Marlowe talks about Carmen |
| Description: |
We hear a bit of Carmen's theme (oscillating thirds) as Marlowe brings up Carmen and the Sternwood family (and the connection with Eddie Mars and Sean Regan); the driving ostinato continues as accompaniment to this theme |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 49] ff; [m. 50] sfz; [m. 52] f; [m. 54] sfz |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 49] He skids; [m. 50] Over; [m. 56] If I could / I don't ask |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 48] pianos / W.W. / vibra / organ; [m. 52] 4 horns / baritone; [m. 54] violins div + organ (screwy); [m. 56] add harp cel |
| Analysis: |
The ostinato pattern is interrupted briefly when the car skids; Carmen's theme is harmonized with whole-tone chords |
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| Tags |
car | conversing | driving | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | ostinato | private eye | tense | whole-tone chord
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