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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)


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Instance
Theme name: Night Watchman
Start time: 0:44:29
End time: 0:44:39
Total duration: 0:00:10
Page #: 11
Measure #: 5
Scene: Reel 5 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 108
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Watchman arrives at the store
Description: Wind trills evoke the dancing light of the watchman's flashlight on the wall; pizzicato strings evoke his quiet walking in the darkness
Music annotations: [m. 5] tr / p; [m. 8] ppp; [m. 9] sf; [m. 10] sempre pp
Film annotations: [m. 5] Watchman walks; [m. 6] He stops; [m. 9] He opens door; [m. 10] He comes in
Orchestration annotations: [m. 5] celeste + alto flute / 2 horn 1/2 stopped / piano (pedal down) / pizz vibraphone; [m. 6] vibraphone sustains; [m. 9] harp, celeste, vibra / trb in hat
Analysis: This cue features tense half-diminished seventh sonorities
Tags

darkness | dissonant bass | flashlight | guard | half-diminished 7th chord | keys | mysterious | opening | robbery | store | suspenseful | walking | working

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