The Big Sleep (1946)
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Theme: Underscoring (Mysterious)
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
There are multiple instances of this type of underscoring
(select one of the instances on the left)
Tags associated with this theme:
added-note chord
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advance plot
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alternation
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blackmailer
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café
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chromatic parallelism
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chromatic scale
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conversing
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criminal
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deleted scene
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gun
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half-diminished 7th chord
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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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mickey-mousing
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mysterious
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pc set
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phone call
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private eye
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room
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searching
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secret code
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stinger
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suspect
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tense
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underscoring
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whole-tone chord