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Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

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Instance
Theme name: Dust Be My Destiny
Variant name: Opening A2
Start time: 0:01:04
End time: 0:01:18
Total duration: 0:00:14
Page #: 4
Measure #: 20
Scene: Main Title
Key: F
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 69
Marking: Grandioso
Instrumentation: orchestra



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Description
Description: Grandioso return of the main theme (part A); reharmonized with more chromatic chords, with the melody in four octaves
On-screen: Cast list
Music annotations: [m. 20] grandioso (strong melody) / faster / meno / ff / sffz / dust effect / tremolo / crescendo (dust effect only); [m. 21] dust effect starts; [m. 22] legato / dust effect
Film annotations: [m. 20] Dust; [m. 21] Max Steiner (the bastard); [m. 22] Dust
Orchestration annotations: [m. 20] T.C. / timp; [m. 22] vibra
Analysis: The theme is embellished with chromatic chords (cto7 and Vb9/ii); motives X and Y alternate
Tags

9th chord | common-tone diminished 7th | dust | main title | mickey-mousing | opening title sequence | romantic

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