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We Are Not Alone (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Waiting
Start time: 1:46:39
End time: 1:47:27
Total duration: 0:00:48
Page #: 105
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 12 Part 2
Key: db - fb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 52
Marking: Adagio
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: David asks about his execution
Description: Slow, chromatic buildup, supplying uneasy tension in the scene where David asks about his own execution
Music annotations: [m. 1] Mutes / p / delicato / pizz; [m. 2] a tempo / p; [m. 4] pp; [m. 5] rit / ppp; [m. 6] delicato; [m. 7] Hugo: if you don't like this "ungodly" key, do it a half tone higher! (The chime is a Gb - thats the reason! - however, it doesn't matter!!!); [m. 8] pp; [m. 9] ppp
Film annotations: [m. 2] Right you are; [m. 5] Tell me, what time does it happen?; [m. 8] Tell me this also; [m. 9] What will you have?
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] 4 celli / gong (let it ring) / 3 basses pizz + piano; [m. 2] 4 violas (soli) / celli divisi; [m. 3] 4 violins / violas divisi; [m. 4] 4 violins / 2 basses; [m. 8] 2 solo violins; [m. 9] 1 cello
Analysis: This cue moves from db minor towards the dominant in fb minor
Tags

9th chord | advance plot | hero | prison | somber | waiting

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