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Caged (1950)


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Instance
Theme name: Wailing
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 38
Measure #: 37
Scene: Reel 4 Part A
Key: unstable
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 126
Marking: Molto expressivo
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Georgia calls for her father
Description: As Georgia calls for her father, we would have heard Steiner's Wailing cue (starting around 31:17); this cue was recorded and is preserved in the Max Steiner Collection at BYU
Music annotations: [m. 37] meno / p / molto espressivo; [m. 41] poco accell
Orchestration annotations: [m. 37] harp / solo violin / solo viola / 2 flts (in 8vas) / celli / bass
Analysis: A "snap" rhythm repeats over a bass full of sigh gestures, harmonized with an (0157) sonority
Tags

agitated | bed | crazy person | crying | crying effect | cut from film | glass | leading lady | mad scene | ostinato | pc set | prison | prisoner | wailing

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