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His Greatest Gamble (1934)


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Instance
Theme name: Russian Waltz
Borrowed from: The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Start time: 0:30:05
End time: 0:31:37
Total duration: 0:01:32
Page #: no score available
Measure #: no score available
Scene: no score available
Key: a - c - C - F
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 144
Solo Instrument: piano
Description
On-screen: Philip arrives at Florence's home
Description: The Russian Waltz theme from Most Dangerous Game is used as source music here, being played on the piano at Florence's home (Philip sees a woman playing the piano as he peeks in the window); it begins with an arpeggiated piano introduction; then, both the A and B sections of the original waltz are played; the music stops without continuing back to the A section
Analysis: After moving from A minor to C major, this cue moves through some chromatic sequences that ultimately lead to the B section in F major; the final cadence in F is undercut by a flat 7 and a extra chord that seems to want to return to C major
Tags

9th chord | arriving | calm | chromatic sequence | common-tone diminished 7th | establish setting | fugitive | leading man | mansion | mode mixture | on-screen music | piano | playing | pleasant | source music | waltz | wandering

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