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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 0:54:30
End time: 0:54:54
Total duration: 0:00:24
Page #: 74
Measure #: 20
Scene: Reel 6 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 63
Marking: Slowly
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds, special group
Description
On-screen: Jonathan goes up the stairs
Description: Dark ascending arpeggiations as Jonathan ascends the stairs; mysterious tremolo effect as Teddy emerges from the basement
Music annotations: [m. 20] slowly / f ; [m. 22] sfz; [m. 23] no tremolo
Film annotations: [m. 20] Jonathan walks up stairs; [m. 22] Doors open; [m. 23] He stands
Orchestration annotations: [m. 20] flt + vibra / muted horn / cl / E.H. / harp / trbs (felts) / gong / timp / basses / celli / bassoons; [m. 22] str tremolo / also vibra cel + piano
Analysis: Ends with a mysterious (012347) tone cluster
Tags

advance plot | brother | crazy person | darkness | leading man | murderer | mysterious | room | sneaking | tense | tone cluster | underscoring | walking

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