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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Hurrying
Start time: 1:47:07
End time: 1:47:26
Total duration: 0:00:19
Page #: 150
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 12 Part 3
Key: unstable
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 108
Marking: Agitato (misterioso)
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds



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Description
Description: The Hurrying theme is used for dramatic tension, but there is no movement in this cue; instead, they are making plans for what to do next
On-screen: Marlowe and Vivian make a plan
Music annotations: [m. 2] come sopra reel 2 part 3 orig key
Film annotations: [m. 1] Hangs up phone; [m. 10] Dissolve
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] harps piano
Analysis: Features parallel seventh chords in a five-chord pattern; fragmentation reduces this to a repeated three-chord pattern
Tags

chromatic sequence | climax | fragmentation | hurrying | leading lady | leading man | love interest | parallelism | planning | private eye | room | tense

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