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In This Our Life (1942)


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Instance
Theme name: Roy
Start time: 0:02:59
End time: 0:03:23
Total duration: 0:00:24
Page #: 5
Measure #: 17
Scene: Reel 1 Part 2
Key: B - C - unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 84
Marking: Dolce
Instrumentation: strings
Solo Instrument: violin
Description
On-screen: Roy descends a staircase
Description: A delicate theme for Roy Timberlake (Asa's daughter), featuring a solo violin, is first heard as we meet her coming down a staircase
Music annotations: [m. 17] dolce / accell (rubato); [m. 21] delicato; [m. 22] morendo
Film annotations: [m. 17] Hello, daddy; [m. 22] Into dialogue
Orchestration annotations: [m. 17] div / solo viol + celeste / str only; [m. 19] add vibraph; [m. 20] solo viol; [m. 21] fl ?; [m. 22] vibra
Analysis: Roy's theme (featuring dotted rhythms and triplets) is initially supported with a stable 64 chord in B major, but soon drifts away to other tonal centers
Tags

64 chord | conversing | daughter | delicate | establish character | father | foreign key modulation | gentle | greeting | leading lady | maid | room

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