Tags for The Letter (1940)

deception mysterious shop antagonist moon pedal tone parallel fifths exoticism leading lady confronting dramatic shadow foxtrot lawyer augmented triad Chinese tense parallelism reading polychord main title exotic chromatic sequence looking distortion conversing letter prison murder recounting husband dance music yearning tender kissing oscillation thinking office source music dripping home calm curtain quintal chord arguing ostinato plagal cadence plantation hospital glance polytonality mickey-mousing sequence widow panning shot setting stern drinking chromatic parallelism gamelan grieving point of view climax crying buildup staring fearful warehouse open fifth combination of themes emotional investigating dark underscoring lying layering passionate leaving lacework tinkling obsession stinger delicate glass dinner music arpeggiation driving somber on-screen music bold reveal fragmentation denying cast list gentle gun anxious pentatonic dagger happy creeping native pc set waiting contempt sneaky Chinatown whole-tone chord whole-tone title of film walking city cut from film opening cheerful reverse picardy noble serious tritone planning tone cluster party death composer reference turning on confessing polyrhythm augmentation sign murderer body servant suspension door Singapore obsessive zoom in artwork in score distress paying closing credits plotting weeping romantic fainting fanfare ominous quartal chord dropping stooping chromaticism dirge gunshot call and response pacing courtroom Indonesian music collapsing comforting minor-major 7th chord angry solemn reacting glorious falling embracing policeman cloud entering Lydian mode friend resolution refusing trial spying dancing chromatic sad wipe despair arriving mournful justice sinister watching melodic cell running sitting suspenseful WB shield playing music starring list brassy celebrating heroic jungle light eating sleeping longing