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Key Largo (1948) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]

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Instance
Theme name: Key Largo
Start time: 0:00:15
End time: 0:00:30
Total duration: 0:00:15
Page #: 1
Measure #: 5
Scene: Main Title
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 60
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
Description: A sweeping upward string gesture leads to a dramatic descending scale in the strings, coordinated with the appearance of the title of the film, answered by harsh, menacing brass gestures
On-screen: Main title
Music annotations: [m. 5] ff / ff
Film annotations: [m. 5] M.T.
Orchestration annotations: [m. 5] horns and 2 saxes / gong / brass; [m. 6] arpeggio pianos / 2 harps gliss; [m. 7] timp and 2 T
Analysis: This music was borrowed from the main title of Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Tags

dark | main theme | opening title sequence | title of film | tragic







(source melody may differ slightly from film)