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We Are Not Alone (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Transition
Start time: 0:00:18
End time: 0:00:26
Total duration: 0:00:08
Page #: 2
Measure #: 7
Scene: Main Title
Key: unstable
Meter: 6/8
Tempo (bpm): 60
Marking: Expressivo
Instrumentation: brass
Description
On-screen: Book pages showing main cast
Description: Transitional music; tonally unstable, with dissonant ascending sequential gestures
Music annotations: [m. 7] dim / accell; [m. 8] harps simile; [m. 9] rit / ten / arpeggio
Orchestration annotations: [m. 7] melodia / harp / 2nd harp / horn + baritone solo is over (so to speak) viol celli W.W. take over
Analysis: A rising chromatic scale in the bass is harmonized with linear chromatic chords; the passage ends with a French augmented sixth establishing motion towards C major
Tags

augmented sixth chord | cast list | chromatic scale | linear chromaticism | main title | opening title sequence | tense

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