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We Are Not Alone (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 1:05:17
End time: 1:05:40
Total duration: 0:00:23
Page #: 79
Measure #: 44
Scene: Reel 8 Part 1
Key: bb - e
Meter: 12/8
Tempo (bpm): 128
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: David scolds Susan
Description: Tense underscoring using pedal tones and rapid figuration
Music annotations: [m. 44] mf / quasi mysterioso; [m. 45] A little screwy / Not too light please, Hugo! crowd noise still continues; [m. 47] enharm; [m. 48] tremolo / strongly / expressivo; [m. 50] mit schmaltz; [m. 52] sffz / tutti; [m. 54] sempre dim / p; [m. 55] p
Film annotations: [m. 44] He grabs Susan (dialogue); [m. 48] Muni thinks of Leni - starts; [m. 50] Leni, go inside!; [m. 52] The crowd noise is still heard! / Door slam; [m. 54] Susan stops
Orchestration annotations: [m. 44] w.w., violins / celli, bassoons; [m. 45] w.w., vibra; [m. 46] w.w. + violins (medium full); [m. 48] all celli, violas + some w.w.; [m. 50] harp; [m. 52] horns / trbs / timp; [m. 54] violns + piano / horns + marimba; [m. 56] cell + piano
Analysis: Moves from bb minor toward eb minor, but gets stuck prolonging the half-diminished ii chord
Tags

64 chord | antagonist | chromatic scale | conflict | conversing | foreign key modulation | hero | street | tense | underscoring

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