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transcribed by ear classical music harmonic sequence leading lady altered dominant augmented sixth chord cheering conversing triumphant mother secret love love interest pedal tone upbeat outside 13th chord secret lover leading man folk song bride establish place warm pondering funeral march countermelody 64 chord childbirth mode change headline hesitating bold combination of themes distortion crowd peaceful timid daughter beeping revealing gentle prisoner park surprise added-note chord wife common-chord modulation 9th chord watching marching waiting shop secret groom proposing reunion optimistic business man hospital newspaper mode mixture sigh gesture reverse picardy street room agitated crying fragmentation child foreign key modulation rally calm suspect somber working source to score source music patriotic tune politician AABA structure entering fanfare listening direct modulation chromatic mediant prison spouse dancing horse starring list plotting proposal dissonant bass wipe tender on-screen music hopeful nurse ragtime children's song walking wedding music popular song bar wedding lullaby sentimental performer leaving plagal cadence riding parallel 63s dramatic half-diminished 7th chord score to source deceptive resolution cuddling radio tower establish time diminished 7th chord RKO tower brass band soldier romantic tense polytonality meeting familiar tune lying hoping arguing stinger playful octatonic scale patriotic playing husband common-tone diminished 7th light passionate quintal chord confident pleasant longing cheerful dark ternary form march friend secondary dominant sweet driving double exposure gossiper club title of film chromatic parallelism happy cast list redemption sequence simulated source music flashback celebrating serious cut from film parallelism The End embracing parallel double period deflecting deceiving buggy reassuring