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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme names: Driving 2 + Vivian
Start time: 1:44:16
End time: 1:44:32
Total duration: 0:00:16
Page #: 138
Measure #: 16
Scene: Reel 12 Part 2
Key: Eb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 160
Marking: Molto expressivo
Instrumentation: strings, orchestra
Description
On-screen: Vivian tells Marlowe she loves him
Description: Vivian's love theme is superimposed over the driving ostinato; the love theme comes in as she tells Marlowe "I don't mind as long as you're around," then "I guess I'm in love with you"
Music annotations: [m. 21] fix (no low F); [m. 26] strong
Film annotations: [m. 17] I didn't have a chance; [m. 22] I guess I'm in love; [m. 23] He looks; [m. 25] Will you go to police; [m. 27] I can't!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 19] add horn? (no shake); [m. 21] keep timp going - throughout; [m. 27] timp
Analysis: The ostinato continues in the middle voices, with a bass line added below; the cue ends with parallel 13th chords
Tags

9th chord | 13th chord | car | chromatic parallelism | conversing | driving | leading lady | leading man | love | love interest | love scene | ostinato | private eye | romantic | suspension | tense

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