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We Are Not Alone (1939)

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Instance
Theme name: Surprise Symphony
Composer: Josef Haydn
Start time: 0:17:34
End time: 0:17:37
Total duration: 0:00:03
Page #: NIS
Measure #: NIS
Scene: not in score
Key: Eb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Solo Instrument: whistler
Description
On-screen: David whistles while helping a patient
Description: The Doctor whistles the theme from the Surprise Symphony to himself; this clearly takes place on-screen, and thus may have inspired Steiner's use of the theme to represent the doctor
Analysis: The second half is whistled twice as fast as the first half; this time, Steiner does not harmonize the onscreen whistling with underscoring
Tags

classical music | comical | diminution | doctor | establish character | familiar tune | Haydn | hero | heroine | office | on-screen music | quotation | source music | whistling

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