| Description |
| Description: |
Turbulent and dramatic theme (part A) associated with the main character, Leslie Crosbie; features a dotted-rhythm motive followed by alternation between two pitches a minor third apart; this theme is named "Hammond Development" in the cue sheet |
| On-screen: |
The Letter |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 4] fff; [m. 5] gliss; [m. 6] ff; [m. 7] gliss F minor |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 4] The Letter |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 4] T.C. / 2 trbs / 2 trbs / timp roll; [m. 5] W.W.; [m. 6] T.C. / timp; [m. 7] W.W. |
| Analysis: |
Each phrase oscillates between two distantly-related harmonies and features a suspended dissonance that doesn't resolve until the end (D-C in the first phrase, G-F in the second); the passage can also be understood as being based on a minor-major sevenths (with added ninths); the theme features changing meters between 4/4 and 3/4 |
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| Tags |
9th chord | changing meter | main title | minor-major 7th chord | opening title sequence | oscillation | sequence | suspension | tense | title of film
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