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Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Romantic)
Start time: 1:01:43
End time: 1:01:59
Total duration: 0:00:16
Page #: 38
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 7 Part I
Key: unstable - Eb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 84
Marking: Modto
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds



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Description
Description: Romantic string melody acting as an introduction to Rocky and Laury's theme
On-screen: Rocky and Laury talk
Music annotations: [m. 1] p / dolce / mutes; [m. 3] mf; [m. 4] rall / p / dim / pp / The tune should sort of melt into it
Film annotations: [m. 1] Cue: XXX; [m. 2] You got a bad break-; [m. 4] I wonder
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] str / celli; [m. 3] oboe (delicato) / harp added / horn / (bassoon); [m. 4] harp added
Analysis: The cue begins with unstable linear chromaticism (a rising chromatic line in the upper voice harmonized with various sonority types); the cue ends with an altered dominant setting up the key of Eb major
Tags

altered dominant | conversing | dissonant bass | gangster | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | love scene | romantic | room | underscoring

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