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I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 0:57:54
End time: 0:58:12
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 23
Measure #: 10
Scene: Reel 6 Part A
Key: unstable
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Matt and Eve go down the stairs
Description: As Matt and Eve go down the stairs and see the commies, we hear tense underscoring, including some descending tritones from the Undercover Agent theme
Music annotations: [m. 10] p / pp; [m. 11] segue R6 Pt1; [m. 1] molto misterioso / sordini / p; [m. 4] simile; [m. 5] mf; [m. 7] Murray: Look on back of this page; [back of page] Bars 1 like bars 11 etc from R7 Pt 1 / (Cheyenne); [m. 10] sfz; [m. 12] mf; [m. 1] molto misterioso / sordini / p; [m. 4] simile
Film annotations: [m. 2] Commies; [m. 4] Look
Orchestration annotations: [m. 10] oboe + vibra / 2 horns muted / strg pizz / piano / timp pp; [m. 1] strg pizz / piano harp let it ring; [m. 2] flt + vibra
Analysis: Uses (1023679) sonorities for the stingers
Tags

communist | create suspense | leading lady | leading man | pc set | sneaking | spy | staircase | stairs | teacher | tense | tritone | undercover agent | underscoring

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