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Flamingo Road (1949) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]

Home > Film: Flamingo Road > Theme: If I Could Be With You > Variant: Dead > Instance: 1:24:41

Instance
Theme name: If I Could Be With You
Variant name: Dead
Start time: 1:24:41
End time: 1:24:59
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 107
Measure #: 39
Scene: Reel 9 Part 3
Key: unstable
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 88
Marking: Fast
Instrumentation: brass, orchestra



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Description
Description: Lane and Field's love theme is transformed in a violent and dark statement as Lane sees Field's body on the floor; the strings rush upwards to a tragic cry as she yells out Field's name
On-screen: Lane sees Field has committed suicide
Music annotations: [m. 39] tutti / ff / ff; [m. 40] tremolo / ritenuto / molto marcato/ sfz; [m. 41] ff; [m. 42] rit / f
Film annotations: [m. 39] Doors; [m. 40] Dead; [m. 42] Into dialogue
Orchestration annotations: [m. 40] gong; [m. 42] gong
Analysis: This variant is harmonized with more minor triads than usual; some of the rhythmic values are doubled, drawing out the phrase
Tags

augmentation | death scene | discovering | gunshot | leading lady | leading man | love interest | reacting | room | suicide | surprise | tragic | violent

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