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Caged (1950)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Dark)
Start time: 0:37:58
End time: 0:38:14
Total duration: 0:00:16
Page #: 59
Measure #: 27
Scene: Reel 5 Part 1
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 69
Instrumentation: strings, orchestra
Description
On-screen: June and Marie argue
Description: We hear darker underscoring as June tells Marie she is lucky that her man is dead
Music annotations: [m. 27] divisi / accell; [m. 28] sfz / ten; [m. 29] slowly / mf / p subito / mp; [m. 30] pp
Film annotations: [m. 27] I loved him; [m. 29] Your man's dead!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 27] strgs tremolo / 4 celli and 1st horn / basses / piano; [m. 29] trbs and piano / add piano
Analysis: Tense harmonies over a dissonant bass
Tags

arguing | dark | dissonant bass | establish character | friend | leading lady | prison | prisoner | underscoring

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