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Flamingo Road (1949)


Home > Film: Flamingo Road > Theme: Flamingo Road > Variant: Agitato > Instance: 1:18:50


Instance
Theme name: Flamingo Road
Variant name: Agitato
Borrowed from: Crime School (1938)
Start time: 1:18:50
End time: 1:19:10
Total duration: 0:00:20
Page #: 92
Measure #: 25
Scene: Reel 9 Part 1
Key: unstable - d
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 69
Marking: Agitato
Instrumentation: woodwinds, orchestra



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Description
Description: Fragments of the Flamingo Road theme are heard as Dan responds to Lane's revelation; the distortion of the theme here represents how Lane's dream has been torn apart by Titus's influence; Dan tells Lane "you thought if you married me, you'd be out of Titus's reach - you thought I had more power than he had and you'd be secure"; a few dramatic accents bring out the conflict in the scene
On-screen: Dan gets upset with Lane
Music annotations: [m. 25] f; [m. 28] f / almost tutti / sfz / p / accell; [m. 30] molto rit / f / a
Film annotations: [m. 25] You thought; [m. 28] Throws cigarette; [m. 30] No one
Orchestration annotations: [m. 25] W.W. soli; [m. 28] all violins + violas / trbs / horns felts / add piano; [m. 29] celli / 2 horns; [m. 30] pianos / trbs etc / celli / basses / timp etc / strgs / W.W.
Analysis: The melody is harmonized with a variety of chord types, including a quartal chord, ninth chords, and an augmented sixth chord moving towards D minor
Tags

9th chord | accusing | angry | augmented sixth chord | conflict | fragmentation | husband | leading lady | leading man | politician | quartal chord | room | self-borrowing | wife

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