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We Are Not Alone (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Heart of Oak
Composer: William Boyce
Start time: 0:01:02
End time: 0:01:18
Total duration: 0:00:16
Page #: 4
Measure #: 23
Scene: Main Title
Key: Db
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 80
Instrumentation: brass



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Description
Description: The official march of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, "Heart of Oak" is used to establish the location of London, England; the music fades out gradually under the train noise
On-screen: View of London ("England, 1914")
Music annotations: [m. 23] f; [m. 24] dim / sempre dim; [m. 26] pp / morendo / p
Film annotations: [m. 23] England in 1914; [m. 25] Dialogue; [m. 26] Into train and station noise
Orchestration annotations: [m. 23] divisi viol et / melodia / timp
Analysis: The theme is played solidly by the horns over a dominant pedal in the low strings
Tags

64 chord | added-note chord | bold | British | card | England | establish location | familiar tune | folk song | London | march | pedal tone | setting

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