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Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]


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Instance
Theme name: Shelly 3
Start time: 0:18:52
End time: 0:19:14
Total duration: 0:00:22
Page #: 17
Measure #: 17
Scene: Reel 3 Part A
Key: C - E - c#
Meter: 6/8
Tempo (bpm): 54
Instrumentation: strings, orchestra
Solo Instrument: violin
Description
On-screen: Shelly puts down her candle
Description: Solo violin flourishes introduce the Shelly 3 theme as she gets ready for bed; this theme was called "Thoughts" in the cue sheet, and is often used when Shelly is looking around a new place; it features quick chromatic gestures and a rhapsodic solo violin
Music annotations: [m. 20] from R5 Pt2; [m. 22] in 6 / molto rit; [m. 23] fix
Orchestration annotations: [m. 23] horns
Analysis: The theme begins with a descending scale and continues with a rising three-note gesture; harmonized with tense augmented sixths, moving from C to E to c#
Tags

actor | augmented sixth chord | candle | common-chord modulation | concerned | establish character | leading lady | leading man | room | sequence | suspect | unpacking | walking | worried

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