| Description |
| Description: |
As Dan drinks a whiskey sour, descending chromatic parallel harmonies suggest the liquor going slowly down the throat; the grumbling, gurgling sounds in the contrabassoon at the end of the cue suggest the sour liquor reaching the stomach; when Lane asks Dan "Better?" the music becomes more peaceful and consonant |
| On-screen: |
Dan drinks |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 21] mp / etc chromatic; [m. 23] loco / tremolo / chrom / f; [m. 24] Murray: Naturally - I'm playing this for "comedy!" / p / morendo |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 21] Throws cherry; [m. 24] Better |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 21] 1st piano both hands and violins violas divisi (legato) / piano pedal / harp / basses pizz / contra b'ssn; [m. 23] strgs out / timp roll / s dr sticks / basses + 2nd piano / contra b; [m. 24] celli (dolce) / vibra / + harp / strgs |
| Analysis: |
The cue features (01268) and (01368) sonorities in descending chromatic motion, consisting of quintal chords combined with diminished or half-diminished 7ths |
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| Tags |
chromatic parallelism | comical | distressed | drinking | leading lady | leading man | love interest | lovers meet | mickey-mousing | politician | quintal chord | room
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