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tritone oscillation mysterious tritone sequence quintal chord brassy lawyer home dramatic foreign key modulation moon chromatic parallelism leading lady fearful confronting curtain weeping whole-tone chord pentatonic combination of themes conversing staring walking love theme 64 chord antagonist denying tense parallel fifths calm wipe foxtrot Singapore letter Chinese deception pacing polyrhythm open fifth waiting reveal Locrian mode pc set suspension prison fragmentation layering changing meter ostinato despair somber oscillation lying creeping mirroring suspenseful underscoring setting chromatic scale recounting altered dominant confessing tone cluster chromatic mediant servant contrasting period mournful stinger Dorian mode lacework husband plagal cadence gentle polytonality eating fainting half-diminished 7th chord plantation exoticism murder whole-tone collapsing glass chromatic sequence main title obsession added-note chord ominous anxious crying Chinatown death romantic artwork in score panning shot pedal tone minor-major 7th chord zoom in cast list dark watching alternate music falling dance music arguing bold justice turning on Aeolian mode leaving planning deceptive resolution parallelism mickey-mousing hospital happy drinking passionate tinkling opening source music augmented sixth chord widow murderer native exotic tender buildup polychord polymeter Phrygian mode spying 11th chord sigh gesture delicate augmented triad augmented major 7th chord entering 9th chord body dissonant bass dagger sad party door emotional playing music common-chord modulation noble linear chromaticism city cheerful melodic cell investigating call and response office sequential modulation jungle policeman driving courtroom arpeggiation yearning shop looking major 7th chord appoggiatura kissing resolution distress celebrating heroic diminished 7th chord glance sinister paying on-screen music point of view glorious comforting dropping secondary dominant shadow thinking upper pedal tone gamelan sign AABA structure Lydian mode gun gunshot major triad harmonic sequence WB shield embracing obsessive enharmonic respelling sitting friend closing credits dirge Neapolitan dancing reverse picardy crying gesture longing plotting fanfare augmentation pump-up modulation arriving warehouse sneaky Indonesian music grieving reacting dripping title of film reading solemn common-tone diminished 7th stooping climax cloud refusing stern retardation cut from film circle of fifths serious dinner music angry trial starring list contempt ABA structure stretto imitation quartal chord composer reference sleeping light running