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I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

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Instance
Theme name: Signature
Borrowed from: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Start time: 0:00:00
End time: 0:00:09
Total duration: 0:00:09
Page #: 1
Measure #: 1
Scene: Main Title
Key: Bb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 80
Marking: Maestoso
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: WB shield
Description: Steiner borrowed the WB fanfare from Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) for this film; the fanfare in Clitterhouse is, in turn, taken from Tovarich (1937)
Music annotations: [m. 1] maestoso / from M. Title Clitterhouse; [m. 3] a little faster
Orchestration annotations: [m. 3] add drs / s dr
Analysis: Moves from Bb (through A) to a Bb42 resolution; features an extension with rapid oscillation between A and d7 sonorities
Tags

added-note chord | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | metric dissonance | opening title sequence | oscillation | WB shield

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