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The Letter (1940)


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Instance
Theme names: Leslie + Foxtrot No. 1
Variant names: Leslie (Guilty) + Foxtrot No. 1
Start time: 1:20:53
End time: 1:21:14
Total duration: 0:00:21
Page #: 144
Measure #: 41
Scene: Reel 10 Part 3
Key: b / A - G
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: dance band, orchestra



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Description
Description: A dramatic statement of Leslie's theme interrupts the dinner music in the background as Leslie looks up at the full moon (which reminds her of the night of the crime); there is a stinger when Leslie sees a knife on the ground; afterwards, the popular music comes back to the foreground as source music (although it was still going on quietly throughout Leslie's theme)
On-screen: Leslie looks at the full moon
Music annotations: [m. 41] sf / Hugo! Look at Reel 1 Part 3 Bars 1, 2, 3 etc (one tone higher) other wise should sound the same!!; [m. 47] sf; [m. 48] cresc; [m. 49] mf; [m. 50] dim
Film annotations: [m. 41] Moon; [m. 44] Looks down; [m. 47] Pan to dagger; [m. 49] The dagger; [m. 50] She backs away; [m. 51] Looks at it
Orchestration annotations: [m. 41] str; [m. 44] trbs; [m. 47] 2 pianos / 2 harps / celli / bass; [m. 49] gong
Analysis: The two themes are combined and are in different keys -- Leslie's theme suggests B minor while the dinner music continues in A major
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advance plot | combination of themes | dagger | dramatic | home | leading lady | looking | moon | oscillation | polytonality | stinger | suspension

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