We Are Not Alone (1939)


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Theme
Theme name: Frohe Botschaft
Composer: Unknown; arranged by Max Steiner
Description: Leni's main theme is a German folk song (likely pre-1822); used in Aline by Adolf Bauerle and Wenzel Muller in 1822, then again in 1824 in the Vaudeville "Die Wiener in Berlin" by Carl von Holtei; Steiner might have thought of this tune in connection to a Viennese person in a foreign country, since Leni is an Austrian in England; Leni sings and plays this song on the piano in the film; Leni's original theme is "I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside," used only when she was a dancer
Related characters: Leni Krafft, Gerald Newcome
Total uses: 22
Total duration: 00:11:03
% of music: 18.91%
Total combinations: 1
Combinations: Frohe Botschaft + Surprise Symphony
Total variants: 19
Variants:

[A-Z]
[Film order]
0:00:26 - Grandioso
0:14:22 - Tenderly
0:25:12 - Ethereal
0:32:51 - Viennese
0:34:49 - At the Piano
0:36:41 - Original
0:38:09 - Drifting
0:38:52 - Somber
0:44:30 - Like a Sigh
0:45:45 - Crying
0:51:10 - Triste
1:14:30 - Drifting
1:22:12 - War Bulletin
1:33:07 - Death Sentence
1:38:41 - Hopeful
1:41:47 - Restful
1:49:22 - Ghostly
NIF - 6th chime
1:50:19 - Fading Away
1:50:32 - Singing
1:51:01 - The End






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