While watching I focused on the soundtrack and noticed a few things.
The soundtrack itself only starts when the antagonist appears and the fight scene breaks out, the soundtrack doesn't fade in or build tension is just starts playing. As Jame's gun falls from his hand and he is left unarmed the soundtrack becomes a set of violins playing a repeated high pitched tune which adds to the intensity that goes with Jame's set-beck which is a typical event in an action film. At this point i also noticed that the soundtrack itself was constructed of a choir of wind and string instruments such as trumpets, clarinets, violins, cellos etc.
As the protagonist (James Bond) and the antagonist begin to battle it out again the rest of the choir join back in building the soundtrack to connote a climax to an upcoming event.
As another typical convention occurs, a near death experience as James is spiralling down towards the concrete the choir softens and the closer he gets to the floor the less intense and quieter the soundtrack gets until it stays at one volume when he suddenly stops, his head only inches away from the floor. The soundtrack then builds up again from that point, by doing this it almost leads the audience into false hope by making them think the protagonist is now safe but then it betweens to build up again connoting something is coming.
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