The Big Sleep (1946)
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Theme: Down the Stairs + The Chase + Marlowe
Combined Themes
Theme names:
Down the Stairs
+
The Chase
+
Marlowe
Description:
Combination of a running-down-the-stairs gesture, a chase theme, and a heroic version of Marlowe's theme
Borrowed from:
King Kong
(1933)
Total uses:
1
Total duration:
00:00:15
% of music:
0.45%
Instances:
0:56:39 - Marlowe chases the killer
Tags associated with this theme:
assassin
|
chase scene
|
chasing
|
chromatic parallelism
|
chromatic scale
|
descending
|
dissonant bass
|
dramatic
|
gun
|
gunshot
|
heroic
|
layering
|
leading man
|
murderer
|
private eye
|
room
|
running
|
stairs
|
tense