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Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

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Instance
Theme name: Dust Be My Destiny
Variant name: Tense
Start time: 0:14:53
End time: 0:15:13
Total duration: 0:00:20
Page #: 26
Measure #: 56
Scene: Reel 2 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 80
Instrumentation: orchestra



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Description
Description: Tense and dissonant variant on the main theme, mysterious and dark; Ominous low brass stingers
On-screen: Joe talks to Charlie
Music annotations: [m. 56] mf; [m. 59] expressivo; [m. 60] morendo / pp
Film annotations: [m. 56] Oh, I thought I told you; [m. 58] Come along with me; [m. 59] They exit; [m. 60] Mabel looking after them / Dissolve / To Rock Quarry
Orchestration annotations: [m. 56] all violins violas / celli etc; [m. 59] tutti / no trpts
Analysis: The melody is distorted, emphasizing tritones and accented dissonances; unstable tonality with dissonant harmonies
Tags

barn | dark | dissonant | leading lady | leading man | lovers meet | prisoner | tense | tritone | villain | warden

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