During the scene of when Michael Corleone looks for the gun that was hidden behind the toilet, the sound of a train passing is present. It starts off soft, however once he reaches for the gun, the sound slowly crescendos. The sound slowly decrescendos when he leaves the bathroom, and slowly headed towards the table with Sollozzo and McCluskey. The sound of the train revisits the scene when Sollozzo starts to speak to Michael, right before Michael decides to shoot Sollozzo and McCluskey.
The sound of a train is representing the one way path Michael is taking if he decides to shoot both McCluskey and Sollozzo. If Michael kills them, he is moving from a place to another place like a train, however in this particular scene, from not being apart of the Mafia, to being apart of the Mafia.
Michael’s order was to come out of the bathroom and start shooting McCluskey and Sollozzo right away. However, Michael goes to sit down back at the table. It seems he is thinking about whether he is going through with joining the Mafia or not. I agree with Alison’s idea of the train symbolizing Michael’s heartbeat. When he was looking for the gun and right before he shot Sollozzo and McCluskey, his heartbeat is getting faster and stronger, and right before he shoots them, his heartbeat is faster and stronger again.
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