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This film sometimes names a D major/E-flat minor polychord that occurs in climactic moments over harp glissandi. Mozart’s Symphony 34 plays diegetically on a record in this film as a character stares blankly ahead in a hospital. The climax of The Artist borrows a cue in this film that quotes the “Liebestod” from Tristan and Isolde. Dissonant brass chords punctuate a high wind and violin ostinato of falling and rising triplet (-5[1])(*) arpeggios during this film’s main titles. This film’s “Scène d’Amour” plays as a woman steps into the green light of a hotel room with new blonde hair. (10[2])This film uses a dissonant polychord to accompany a dolly zoom shot down a bell tower. (10[1])For 10 points, Bernard Herrmann scored what film titled for a fear of heights? ■END■

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