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chromatic scale emotional leading lady friend staring home lacework native husband distress foxtrot combination of themes setting pentatonic suspension Chinese oscillation sequence glass lawyer sequential modulation open fifth pc set zoom in love theme widow tense conversing deception parallelism delicate cheerful hospital grieving plantation thinking stinger arguing prison fainting sigh gesture chromatic sequence curtain anxious shop changing meter whole-tone chord reading antagonist letter kissing dissonant bass upper pedal tone whole-tone call and response appoggiatura buildup dance music denying dramatic pedal tone 64 chord minor-major 7th chord fragmentation moon augmented triad sitting mysterious exoticism 9th chord calm exotic 11th chord layering tone cluster eating reveal servant recounting warehouse door quintal chord Aeolian mode dripping gentle common-chord modulation ostinato common-tone diminished 7th main title gunshot walking sad dark Chinatown leaving happy enharmonic respelling turning on murderer looking closing credits death crying dagger somber lying bold mirroring tritone trial foreign key modulation investigating planning office artwork in score sign waiting light cut from film jungle parallel fifths Neapolitan murder dinner music plagal cadence underscoring passionate courtroom circle of fifths chromatic parallelism polychord climax alternate music mickey-mousing deceptive resolution Phrygian mode sleeping polyrhythm cast list quartal chord source music added-note chord polytonality dancing half-diminished 7th chord tender gun solemn AABA structure collapsing altered dominant tinkling drinking augmented major 7th chord gamelan Indonesian music harmonic sequence diminished 7th chord panning shot romantic party contrasting period pacing dirge reacting stern confessing shadow cloud sneaky ominous chromatic mediant polymeter Dorian mode reverse picardy obsessive fearful longing fanfare melodic cell suspenseful watching tritone oscillation arpeggiation entering major 7th chord policeman city wipe resolution Lydian mode crying gesture confronting serious driving yearning major triad weeping angry sinister body glorious contempt augmentation paying embracing title of film opening augmented sixth chord noble celebrating playing music brassy point of view WB shield retardation linear chromaticism pump-up modulation Singapore running refusing secondary dominant on-screen music ABA structure creeping dropping falling starring list Locrian mode heroic obsession despair comforting plotting stretto imitation justice composer reference arriving glance spying mournful stooping