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In This Our Life (1942)


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Instance
Theme name: Forest Fire
Start time: 0:40:10
End time: 0:40:44
Total duration: 0:00:34
Page #: 49
Measure #: 55
Scene: Reel 4 Part 5
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 60
Marking: Maestoso
Instrumentation: brass, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: A forest fire
Description: Odd dissonances are used to convey the distant forest fire that Roy and Craig watch; dissonant muted brass combined with harp arpeggiations
Music annotations: [m. 55] maestoso / f / gliss (fingered) / (Weird - ain't it?); [m. 56] gliss; [m. 59] dim / accellerando; [m. 61] dim; [m. 62] dim / melodia / p
Film annotations: [m. 55] Dissolve to fire; [m. 62] Start another fire!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 55] tutti / (swimmy - brass felts) / 2 vibrap / gong / timp / cymbals; [m. 62] soli celli + violas / 1 tenor sax?? / 1 horn
Analysis: Dissonant polychords (g#o7 over a#o over E7) combine to create an (0134679) septachord; this is followed by conflicting diminished seventh chords (c#o7 and co7 combined) and bo7 over a C pedal
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conversing | dangerous | diminished 7th chord | eerie | fire | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | outdoors | pc set | polychord

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