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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)


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Instance
Theme name: Scar
Start time: 0:45:29
End time: 0:45:51
Total duration: 0:00:22
Page #: 65
Measure #: 3
Scene: Reel 5 Part 1A
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 63
Marking: Very slow
Instrumentation: brass, strings
Description
On-screen: Dr. Einstein describes how he will fix Jonathan's face
Description: We hear the Scar theme as we see a close-up of Jonathan's face; the first measure is a come sopra from the very end of the Jonathan 2 theme
Music annotations: [m. 3] ppp / very slow; [m. 4] Hugo! Please reorchestrate bars 44, 45, 46 [meaning 3, 4, 5] (pp this time - weird - swimmy!) / pp; [m. 5] out
Film annotations: [m. 3] I'm going to take; [m. 5] Dissolve / Dialogue
Analysis: Harmonized with dissonant polychords
Tags

aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | dark | doctor | establish character | face | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | planning | polychord | room | wipe

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