The Letter

Description
Description:	Two statements of the Leslie B gesture as Leslie looks at the letter
On-screen:	Leslie looks at the letter
Music annotations:	[m. 37] a tempo; [m. 39] Note for me! Original track / strong glass effect / in 6 / p; [m. 40] listesso / in 3
Film annotations:	[m. 39] Thank you!; [m. 40] Leslie looking up at wife
Orchestration annotations:	[m. 37] 3 trbs / tuba / basses / celli / bassons; [m. 38] vibraph and 1 horn muted; [m. 39] 1st harp added / 2nd harp
Analysis:	The theme is extended at the end with new melodic material

Tags
antagonist \| Chinatown \| Chinese \| chromatic scale \| combination of themes \| conflict \| confronting \| curtain \| dark \| glass \| lawyer \| layering \| leading lady \| mirroring \| mysterious \| ostinato \| parallelism \| pc set \| polyrhythm \| sequence \| shop \| staring \| tense \| tinkling \| tone cluster \| whole-tone \| whole-tone chord
Media

The Letter (1940)