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We Are Not Alone (1939)


Home > Film: We Are Not Alone > Theme: Frohe Botschaft > Variant: Death Sentence > Instance: 1:33:07




Instance
Theme name: Frohe Botschaft
Variant name: Death Sentence
Start time: 1:33:07
End time: 1:33:53
Total duration: 0:00:46
Page #: 94
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 11 Part 1
Key: eb - Gb - gb
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 50
Marking: Adagio
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: The judge sentences David and Leni to death
Description: A very dark setting of "Frohe Botschaft" in the minor mode with low instrumentation; begins as a dark stinger after the pronouncement of the judge (sentencing David and Leni to death)
Music annotations: [previous page] Mr. Friedhofer / Music by Max Steiner et al (but not Al Newman); [m. 1] ff / ff / ff; [m. 2] Risoluto; [m. 7] Very full - big brass chords; [m. 9] Moe-rendo / pp / sf / (quasi mysterioso)
Film annotations: [m. 3] Court is adjourned!; [m. 9] Governor's office! / dialogue
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] str + horns / tutti / w.w. / trbs etc / tuba / gong; [m. 2] timp roll accordingly; [m. 6] harp; [m. 9] harp + cell / piano added
Analysis: Begins in eb minor with the melody starting on scale degree 2 (RE ME FA), then modulates to Gb major with the melody starting on scale degree 3 (back to normal); ends with a reverse picardy
Tags

9th chord | common-chord modulation | conflict | courtroom | courtroom scene | crowd | dark | familiar tune | folk song | German | quotation | reverse picardy | sentencing | verdict

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