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We Are Not Alone (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Signature
Borrowed from: Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
Start time: 0:00:00
End time: 0:00:09
Total duration: 0:00:09
Page #: 1
Measure #: 1
Scene: Main Title
Key: Bb - unstable - bb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 63
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: WB shield
Description: Steiner's opening WB fanfare; the sketch provides only the melody of the fanfare [referring back to Gold Is Where You Find It for the rest]
Music annotations: [m. 1] ff / from main title "Gold is Where You Find it!!" / one tone lower; [m. 3] listesso / sffz
Film annotations: [m. 3] Muni
Orchestration annotations: [m. 3] all str + W.W. / 3 trpts / 4 trbs / 4 horns soli / bassons, celli, basses, tuba, etc. / timp
Analysis: Followed by a one-measure phrase extension, using internal repetition to expand the standard fanfare (similar to what Steiner does in Dodge City)
Tags

added-note chord | chromatic mediant | fanfare | linear chromaticism | main title | opening title sequence | phrase extension | starring list | WB shield

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