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Flamingo Road (1949)


Home > Film: Flamingo Road > Theme: Titus 2 > Variant: Extended > Instance: 0:30:27


Instance
Theme name: Titus 2
Variant name: Extended
Borrowed from: Crime School (1938)
Start time: 0:30:27
End time: 0:30:51
Total duration: 0:00:24
Page #: 28
Measure #: 40
Scene: Reel 3 Part 3
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 72
Marking: Poco accell
Instrumentation: orchestra



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Description
Description: A mysterious and dark statement of the Titus 2 theme as Field reacts to his name being read by the townsfolk in connection with Titus
On-screen: Field overhears people talking about Titus
Music annotations: [m. 40] p; [m. 41] etc col; [m. 44] mf
Film annotations: [m. 45] Into dialogue
Orchestration annotations: [m. 39] celli basses only / timp / tuba also pp; [m. 40] 2 flts / 3 clts / 2 bssns / (also piano pedal); [m. 41] gong mp / piano p; [m. 44] mf
Analysis: This chromatic sequence is more regular than the original Titus 2 theme, with roots alternating down a perfect fourth then up a minor third; the chords mostly alternate between major and minor qualities
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advance plot | chromatic sequence | dark | leading man | mysterious | newspaper | parallelism | reading | self-borrowing | street | townsfolk

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