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We Are Not Alone (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Playful
Start time: 0:04:39
End time: 0:04:52
Total duration: 0:00:13
Page #: 13
Measure #: 70
Scene: Reel 1 Part 2
Key: A - Bb - B - C
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 96
Marking: Allegretto
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: David asks his son to find a cat
Description: Sudden key change to a passage of underscoring featuring a repeating melodic gesture - a descending scale answered by an ascending scale
Music annotations: [m. 70] a tempo / con moto poco / delicato; [m. 71] delicate; [m. 72] simile; [m. 74] sempre p
Film annotations: [m. 70] Do you know any cats?; [m. 74] Could you get hold of him?
Orchestration annotations: [m. 71] cel, W.W., harp, piano; [m. 74] harp
Analysis: This cue modulates up by half steps from A to Bb to B to C
Tags

boy | child | establish character | father | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | hero | home | playful | sequence | step modulation

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