The Big Sleep (1946)
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Theme: Underscoring (Dramatic)
Theme
Theme name:
Underscoring (Dramatic)
Description:
Dramatic underscoring
Total uses:
6
Total duration:
00:00:47
% of music:
1.41%
Instances:
NIF - Marlowe finds a lockbox
0:24:57 - Dead body on the floor
0:52:02 - Marlowe pushes Agnes
0:56:54 - Killer shoots at Marlowe
1:41:36 - Marlowe runs to his car
1:43:17 - Canino shoots
There are multiple instances of this type of underscoring
(select one of the instances on the left)
Tags associated with this theme:
9th chord
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action scene
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assassin
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blackmailer
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chase scene
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chasing
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chromatic parallelism
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chromatic scale
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conflict
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corpse
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criminal
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death
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deleted scene
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diminished 7th chord
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diminution
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dramatic
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falling
|
femme fatale
|
fragmentation
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gun
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gunshot
|
hostage
|
investigating
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investigation
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investigation scene
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leading lady
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leading man
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linear chromaticism
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love interest
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murderer
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outside
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pc set
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private eye
|
room
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running
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searching
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shooting
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stinger
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street
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suspect
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tense
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tripping
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underscoring
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whole-tone
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whole-tone chord
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whole-tone scale