Scene D'Amour
The epitome of this comes in the “Scene d’amour” where the audience really learns the height of passion and love which Judy feels. This is the moment which Scotty embraces Judy (in his mind Madeleine), so logically the realization of love should stand out musically too. In this piece though, as Scotty looks around, many undercurrents of negative and fluctuating sequences juxtapose what should be a beautiful moment. These interrupt the love theme, interrupt identification with Judy, to bring viewers temporarily back to Scotty. Or, in continuing Judy’s identification, the music could represent the deeper psyche of Judy, which is highly disturbed by the fact that she is only being loved as Madeleine, not as herself. The love theme triumphs again in their final embrace in this scene, when Scotty returns to Judy, but could also represent Judy’s rejection of her fear or second thoughts.
