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Caged (1950)

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Instance
Theme name: Signature
Borrowed from: Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
Start time: 0:00:00
End time: 0:00:08
Total duration: 0:00:08
Page #: 10
Measure #: 1
Scene: Alternate Main Title
Key: C - unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 84
Marking: Maestoso
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: WB logo
Description: Opening WB Fanfare; measure 3 (which extends the fanfare) was cut from the film
Music annotations: [previous page] Caged / alternate main title / music by Max Steiner; [m. 1] come sopra from Main Title "Caged"
Orchestration annotations: [m. 2] T.C. / timp
Analysis: This variant of the Warner Bros. fanfare has an extension featuring a repeated fragment oscillating between B and G major triads over a chromatically descending bass line; the cue ends with a Bb major triad over a dissonant E bass
Tags

added-note chord | bold | chromatic mediant | chromatic scale | dissonant bass | fanfare | fragmentation | opening title sequence | oscillation | WB shield

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