The Big Sleep (1946)

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Theme
Theme name:	Underscoring (Mysterious)
Description:	Mysterious underscoring
Total uses:	7
Total duration:	00:02:00
% of music:	3.60%
Instances:	0:23:44 - Marlowe investigates the crime scene 0:24:05 - Marlowe advances NIF - Marlowe goes to the back room 0:24:09 - Marlowe searches for clues 0:48:15 - Marlowe talks to Joe Brody 1:21:19 - Marlowe speaks on the phone 1:21:57 - Marlowe speaks with Vivian on the phone

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Tags associated with this theme:

added-note chord | advance plot | alternation | blackmailer | café | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | conversing | criminal | deleted scene | gun | half-diminished 7th chord | investigating | investigation | investigation scene | leading lady | leading man | linear chromaticism | love interest | mickey-mousing | mysterious | pc set | phone call | private eye | room | searching | secret code | stinger | suspect | tense | underscoring | whole-tone chord