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Mildred Pierce (1945)


Home > Film: Mildred Pierce > Theme: Work > Variant: Montage > Instance: 1:34:44




Instance
Theme name: Work
Variant name: Montage
Borrowed from: The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
Start time: 1:34:44
End time: 1:35:05
Total duration: 0:00:21
Page #: 120
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 10 Part 3
Key: G
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 104
Marking: Allegretto
Instrumentation: woodwinds, strings
Solo Instrument: flute
Description
On-screen: Montage of Mildred and Monte's marriage
Description: Cheerful statement of the Work theme featuring solo flute, used in a montage that shows Mildred's wedding announcement
Music annotations: [m. 2] fix; [m. 3] poco meno; [m. 4] from reel 4 part 2; [m. 6] rall; [m. 9] legato / rit; [m. 10] morendo
Film annotations: [m. 1] Clink glasses; [m. 3] Dissolve; [m. 9] Dissolve; [m. 10] Husband enters
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] flt + celeste?? / cel bells vibra piano harp (let it ring) / str; [m. 3] add celeste; [m. 5] add chime; [m. 6] chime; [m. 9] W.W. / celli and ?; [m. 10] add flt + vibra
Analysis: Ends deceptively with a shift to bV (Db major), followed by a somber db7
Tags

added-note chord | cheerful | deceptive resolution | ex-husband | glass | heroine | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing | mode mixture | montage | newspaper | self-borrowing | shadow

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