Repetitions require us to be careful. But here at the start of this movie the composer repeats so much that he achieves a very peculiar type of threatening result https://youtu.be/3QH-e6NyPAg?si=ookspFMs-npFZMVO this . The octaves of the instrumentation makes clear for the listener that the section is really about this insistent figure. A similar occurrence can be heard introducing the episode 24 of Batmann (1993) on Netflix , Fear of Victory. Both examples display almost the same function: the expression of the psychological dimension as a core aspect of the film noir style. This looks to be easily achieved with an at same time simple but sophisticated employment of cyclical figures . The idea has to be presented in a simple way, but it is required to also be thoughtful:
an enigmatic effect derived from the logical structure of the figure in its essence.