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Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)


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Instance
Theme name: Emotion
Start time: 1:05:10
End time: 1:05:38
Total duration: 0:00:28
Page #: 73
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 7 Part 4
Key: Db - Gb - Eb
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 72
Marking: Lento
Instrumentation: strings
Solo Instrument: cello
Description
On-screen: Shelly cries
Description: As Shelly cries (and tells Trev that she loves him), we hear an emotional cue featuring a solo cello alternating between high and low pitches
Music annotations: [m. 1] lento / sordini / molto expr / f; [m. 4] dolce; [m. 5] like hell! / poco accell / p dolce / pp; [m. 8] mf
Film annotations: [m. 5] He looks
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] cello solo senza / harp; [m. 5] violas only / harp tacet / celli basses only; [m. 8] b'ss'n + piano (pedal)
Analysis: The melody is full of descending major 7ths (like sobbing gestures); features parallel 7th chords (iv7-ii7-ii7-I7) in Db and Gb before pivoting towards Eb major
Tags

actor | comforting | conversing | crying | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | ranch | somber | suspect

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