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Dust Be My Destiny (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Whistling
Start time: 0:45:44
End time: 0:46:02
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 103
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 6 Part 1
Key: D
Meter: 6/8
Tempo (bpm): 100
Marking: Grazioso
Instrumentation: orchestra
Solo Instrument: flute, whistler



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Description
Description: Joe whistles a cheerful tune as he walks down the street, accompanied by the film orchestra; it has probably been dubbed by a professional whistler (his lips don't match the sound)
On-screen: Joe whistles as he walks
Music annotations: [m. 1] tempo track / start watch / grazioso / He whistles (cue in 1 flute); [m. 3] play back for whistle; [m. 9] mf
Film annotations: [m. 1] (Garfield whistles - while walking); [m. 7] He stops; [m. 14] Fade
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] 6 viol / divisi and celeste / oboe; [m. 7] horn / harp (or 1/2 pizz) / fl 8va + celeste; [m. 9] bassoon? / str cont / harp
Analysis: The tune modulates unexpectedly from D to Gb major (a chromatic mediant); a deceptive resolution at the end moves from V7 to vi half-diminished 7
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64 chord | cheerful | chromatic mediant | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | leading man | on-screen music | scored source music | source music | street | traveling scene | whistling

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