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In This Our Life (1942)


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Instance
Theme name: Stanley Introduction
Start time: 0:16:56
End time: 0:17:11
Total duration: 0:00:15
Page #: 21
Measure #: 107
Scene: Reel 2 Part 1
Key: db - unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 84
Marking: Listesso
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Craig talks with Asa
Description: A tense rising chromatic gesture (introducing Stanley's theme) as Craig enters and talks with Asa
Music annotations: [m. 107] listesso
Film annotations: [m. 107] You mean Stanley
Orchestration annotations: [m. 107] str; [m. 108] violin + celeste / add ?; [m. 110] harp
Analysis: Features a rising chromatic scale over unstable harmony (beginning with a V9-I in db minor but ending with an A7 chord that doesn't resolve as expected)
Tags

9th chord | advance plot | chromatic scale | conversing | father | fiancé | leading lady | room | tense | underscoring

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