| Description |
| On-screen: |
Carmen walks down the stairs |
| Description: |
This simple theme emphasizes steady beats to sound like footsteps; the descending scalar idea in the melody is syncopated, giving it a bit of momentum |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 25] a tempo / in p; [m. 27] rall / pp; [m. 29] grazioso / p; [m. 30] [illegible]; [m. 33] morend |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 25] Butler walks; [m. 28] Carmen enters |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 25] W.W. / piano / pizz basses + harp; [m. 28] add celeste; [m. 29] viol div + celeste / violas + cel / bassoon / celli pizz + harp; [m. 32] clar |
| Analysis: |
Features parallel triads over a pedal tone in eb minor, then a restatement in G major that ends unexpectedly on a diminished 7th chord |
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| Tags |
arriving | daughter | deceptive resolution | descending | establish character | femme fatale | leading man | mysterious | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | room | walking
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