| Description |
| Description: |
Leslie's theme starts precisely when the lights turn on in her room, played on celesta and high strings (evoking light and shadows with alternating high and low instruments) |
| On-screen: |
A shadow appears |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 4] slow / pp |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 4] Shadow; [m. 5] He takes two steps; [m. 6] He holds up lace |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 4] celeste / harp / piano / marimba + vibraph (high register); [m. 5] 2 horns muted / (1 piano pedal) / gong / 2nd harp + W.W.; [m. 6] 2 flutes + vibraph / 3 celli + bassoons / 1 bass / B clar |
| Analysis: |
Melodic oscillation by thirds is here replaced by stepwise oscillation, using parallel fifths; this variant uses only the first half of the theme, in a circle-of-fifths modulation that moves towards e minor |
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| Tags |
circle of fifths | common-chord modulation | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | home | leading lady | light | looking | murder scene | mysterious | oscillation | parallel fifths | servant | turning on
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