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In This Our Life (1942)


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Instance
Theme name: Meno
Start time: 0:00:34
End time: 0:01:08
Total duration: 0:00:34
Page #: 2
Measure #: 13
Scene: Main title
Key: A - Eb
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 92
Marking: Meno
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Cast list
Description: A descending chromatic theme with a darker, more serious tone; the music ends as the screen fades to black
Music annotations: [m. 13] meno / legato; [m. 15] accell; [m. 16] rall; [m. 17] loco / simile / enharmonic / a tempo; [m. 19] accell; [m. 20] rall; [m.21] meno; [m. 24] rit; [m. 25] Louise / slow arpeggio / morendo
Film annotations: [m. 13] Screen play; [m. 25] Into building noise
Orchestration annotations: [m. 13] W.W. / str / str / W.W. / add celeste + vibraph / 2 pianos; [m. 15] horns? (rubato); [m. 19] trpt (rubato); [m. 21] add harps, piano, celeste + vibra; [m. 25] W.W. (no strings) / horns etc / gong / add pianos pedal
Analysis: Features parallel chromatically-descending major triads over pedal tones on E and Bb (tritone-related keys); ends with parallel diatonic triads (IV-iii-ii-I) over an extended dominant pedal tone, finishing with an dissonant viio7/V over V
Tags

64 chord | cast list | chromatic parallelism | deceptive resolution | dramatic | fanfare | opening title sequence | pedal tone | tritone

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