Antropoid assassination scene
This scene creates tension through a slow buildup of sound.
The sound of the watch ticking is always in the background sending the message that time is running out. We hear "normal" sound effects e.g. the sound of traffic passing, people talking.
This calm and pleasant background is in sharp contrast to the situation - an assassination of one of Hitler's generals, and the certainty of slow torture until death for the men involved.
Against this we hear the car approaching with the violin note slowly building until they step out into the road. At this point the atmospheric note becomes almost painful listen to.
The tension created by this sharp music becomes amplified by the lack of explosive movement in the film, everyone is watching the car and you know what is going to happen but nobody moves.
All the other sound is deadened by this noise.
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