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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Mars Dies
Start time: 1:51:43
End time: 1:52:01
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 155
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 12 Part 4
Key: c
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 50
Marking: Adagio
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Mars falls dead to the ground
Description: There is a dark stinger as Mars falls to the ground, followed by tense dissonance
Music annotations: [m. 1] sordini / tutti / sffz; [m. 2] adagio / p / pp [m. 3] p
Film annotations: [m. 1] Dead; [m. 2] Foot; [m. 3] Door shut
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] gong; [m. 2] violas sordini / bassoon / brass out / organ / celli basses divisi; [m. 3] piano (pedal) / vibra / flts
Analysis: The death chord is a low, closely-spaced C minor triad, to which is added a dissonant F# and A
Tags

criminal | death | dying | falling | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mysterious | ominous | private eye | resolution | room | stinger | tense | underscoring

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