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Caged (1950)


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Instance
Theme name: Molto Expressivo
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 20
Measure #: 18
Scene: Reel 2 Part 2
Key: a - c# - c - c# - e
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 60
Marking: Molto expressivo
Instrumentation: strings, orchestra
Solo Instrument: cello
Description
On-screen: Marie stands up
Description: After Marie stands up (around 12:20) we would have heard a slow and expressive theme (beginning with a solo cello) as she goes with Anne to the warden's office; this theme was cut from the film but Steiner's markings in the score make it clear how it would line up with the film; this cue was recorded and is preserved in the Max Steiner Collection at BYU; in this recording there is a stinger after the word "murder"
Music annotations: [m. 18] molto expr; [m. 25] sfz / sfz-p subito; [m. 27] mp; [m. 28] ten / mp / dolce; [m. 31] pp
Film annotations: [m. 18] She gets up; [m. 20] Dissolve; [m. 24] Murder!; [m. 27] Dissolve; [m. 28] Closes door; [m. 31] Don't be afraid!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 18] cello solo; [m. 19] p E.H.; [m. 20] b'ss'ns - piano / strgs only; [m. 22] cello / E.H.; [m. 25] pianos / mp gong / add horns / tuba; [m. 27] strgs / W.W. / harp; [m. 28] cello solo; [m. 31] strgs only / violin / 2 celli
Analysis: Harmonized with viio7 chords over a tonic pedal in c# and c minor before moving towards e minor
Tags

9th chord | advance plot | arriving | cut from film | disbelief | foreign key modulation | guard | leading lady | pregnancy | prison | prisoner | realization | somber | stinger | tense | walking

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