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We Are Not Alone (1939)

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Instance
Theme name: Surprise Symphony
Variant name: Ghostly
Start time: 1:49:48
End time: 1:50:19
Total duration: 0:00:31
Page #: 111
Measure #: 5th Chime
Scene: Reel 12
Key: A
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 56
Instrumentation: strings
Solo Instrument: whistler
Description
On-screen: Gerald talks to Susan
Description: After the fifth chime of the bell, we hear distant, ghostly whistling of the Surprise Symphony over shimmering harmonies, representing David's death (nothing after the sixth chime); Gerald says that Susan has a heart of gold underneath
Music annotations: [m. 1] 5th chime / pp / pp / highest register possible
Analysis: The melody cuts off after 8 pitches, harmonized with an (0234579) tone cluster
Tags

antagonist | boy | child | classical music | conclusion | death | eerie | familiar tune | Haydn | home | ominous | on-screen music | quotation | remembered source music | room | source music | tone cluster | whistling

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