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Dust Be My Destiny (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 1:09:28
End time: 1:10:26
Total duration: 0:00:58
Page #: 156
Measure #: 17
Scene: Reel 8 Part 3
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 108
Marking: Mysterioso
Instrumentation: orchestra



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Description
Description: Tense underscoring with drones, ascending sequences, stingers, and dramatic gestures
On-screen: Mike is confronted by gangsters
Music annotations: [m. 17] mysterioso; [m. 19] X X X; [m. 21] molto accel / mf; [m. 22] mf; [m. 23] agitato / risoluto; [m. 25] X X X; [m. 27] rall; [m. 28] a tempo / mp; [m. 29] X X X; [m. 30] X X X; [m. 31] f; [m. 32] this overlaps part 4
Film annotations: [m. 17] Mabel, look!; [m. 19] Well, you sure get your information; [m. 21] I can make more than that; [m. 22] I'll give you 15 grand; [m. 23] You're wasting your money; [m. 28] Sometimes the camera lies; [m. 29] Takes key out; [m. 32] Something's up
Orchestration annotations: [m. 18] mostly strings, marimba, stopped horns; [m. 21] timp; [m. 23] str + W.W.; [m. 28] basses + horn; [m. 29] gong (let it ring); [m. 31] horns / trb in hat / timp roll
Analysis: Features parallel triads over a pedal and linear chromatic sequential patterns
Tags

bribe | chromatic parallelism | conflict | gangster | linear chromaticism | newspaper editor | street | tense | underscoring

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