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source music leading man augmented sixth chord heroine peaceful parallel double period dissonant bass teenager chromatic parallelism deceptive resolution 9th chord radio underscoring fighting rushing arena foreign key modulation added-note chord newspaper comical mysterious hero ranch secondary dominant double exposure tired nursing tender gentle common-tone diminished 7th confusion cheerful sitting desert somber criminal conversing train kissing motoric half-diminished 7th chord turbulent leading lady running murder selling idea 11th chord room arguing dramatic minor-major 7th chord criticizing augmentation recovering lying jaunty polytonality angry main title traveling linear chromaticism thinking diner crying excited headline pedal tone mode mixture romance driving dark passionate heroic sigh gesture 13th chord 64 chord bicycle riding chromatic scale optimistic lonely packing working hopeful money train station newspaper boy waiting polychord car harmonic sequence mickey-mousing partying walking whole-tone chord hiding drinking sneaking floozy boxer metric modulation triumphant detective romantic falling sweet montage altered dominant mode change whistling tense march sheriff stepping phrase extension not by Steiner on-screen music ominous common-chord modulation direct modulation WB shield leaving violence anxiety octatonic chord chromatic mediant diminished 7th chord attacking death oscillation chromatic wedge inspiration popular music fun pc set chromatic sequence countryside waking street drunk dropping tritone substitution sequence shadow Chopin wandering ladder boxing light jumping upbeat whole-tone showering printing press preparing poster throwing laughing hopeless classical music plagal cadence resolution whistle stinger window map reading slamming singing ABAB structure zoom in embracing purchasing Neapolitan yearning step modulation surprise popular song title of film realizing fanfare octatonic scale fainting closing credits dancing cast list starring list photograph dissonant murdering anxious AABA structure suspenseful fear murderer bold tragic happy entering arriving pump-up modulation tranquil escaping sentimental