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


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Instance
Theme name: Fear
Start time: 0:19:42
End time: 0:20:20
Total duration: 0:00:38
Page #: 19
Measure #: 33
Scene: Reel 3 Part A
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 76
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Shelly lies down in the dark
Description: Introduction of the Fear theme as Shelly tries to sleep; it features high string tremolos and dark chromatic gestures; the cue ends with a suspenseful timpani roll and a rising harp arpeggiation as Trev enters and covers her with a coat
Music annotations: [m. 33] fix! / come sopra R5 Pt 3 / pp; [m. 38] rall; [m. 40] long slow arpeggio; [m. 41] to bar 16 orig R3 Pt 1 / use track
Analysis: Harmonized with parallel whole-tone (0268) chords, closely spaced in a low register
Tags

actor | chromatic parallelism | darkness | establish character | fear | leading lady | leading man | listening | room | suspect | tense | thinking | whole-tone chord

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