Double Indenity

At the beginning of the movie, "Double Indenity," the overture plays and the music starts off at a slower pace and a softer tone, but as the illustrated man walks closer and he gets larger in size, the music shifts to a higher pitch and louder noises are expressed. When the credits finish playing, the music continues and rolls over into the next scene. There doesn't seem to be much music in this film but when it does play it gives the scene and the actions of the people a much more of a dramatic effect and really points out what seems to be important in the movie. For example, music plays whenever Walter is narrating the story, and confessing the murder that he had committed early that week and earlier that evening. When there is no conversation occuring and something significant is going on, the significance of those actions are expressed through the music. For example, when Mr. Dietrichson was signing the papers to get his "Car insurance" renewed, music was playing showing how important the act was for carrying out Phyllis' and Walters plan to kill Mr. Dietrichson and get money for it. Music also plays to show the emotional and internal feelings that the characters may be feeling at a particular moment, for example when they couldn't get the car started after murdering Mr. Dietrichson and setting everything up, the music expressed how they were worrisom, and unsure as to what they were going to do if they were stranded there. It also expressed to the audience that this could be a time of either triumph or a time of heartbreak. This occurs all the way to the end where Walter is lying on the floor dyingtrying to light a cigarette, and Mr. Keyes lights it for him, showing a sign of symbolism because that is what Walter always did for him considering he hated to carry matches. The music at the end seems to be louder and more of a triumphet feeling than the rest of the movie.