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Dust Be My Destiny (1939)


Home > Film: Dust Be My Destiny > Theme: Escape Plan > Instance: 0:17:23


Instance
Theme name: Escape Plan
Start time: 0:17:23
End time: 0:17:41
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 27
Measure #: 2
Scene: Reel 2 Part 3
Key: d
Meter: 12/8
Tempo (bpm): 63
Marking: Appassionato
Instrumentation: strings
Solo Instrument: cello



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Description
Description: Begins with a solo cello melody, plaintive and sincere; called "Sardi's Restaurant" in the cue sheet
On-screen: Joe talks with the boys
Music annotations: [m. 2] a tempo / appassionato / mp; [m. 5] slower / sfz; [m. 6] p / rall / pp
Film annotations: [m. 3] Don’t make a break, Joe!; [m. 4] Guard walking; [m. 5] Bell, the supt wants to see you; [m. 6] Dissolve
Orchestration annotations: [m. 2] 3 celli muted 1st open; [m. 4] pp gong / harp / basses (piano); [m. 5] horn
Analysis: The name "Sardi's Restaurant" in the score has nothing to do with the film, so this is likely a quotation from another film
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advance plot | leading man | pc set | prison | quotation | sincere

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