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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 0:47:04
End time: 0:47:10
Total duration: 0:00:06
Page #: 21
Measure #: 59
Scene: Reel 5 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 112
Instrumentation: woodwinds, strings
Description
On-screen: Doctor talks with the criminals
Description: Tense underscoring with rising chromatic chords and a dissonant ostinato effect
Music annotations: [m. 61] trem / sf; [m. 65] sf; [m. 66] pp / gliss G minor; [m. 67] gliss G major
Film annotations: [m. 59] Hits floor / Hey Pal catch this bag here! (Cut to roof); [m. 61] Finishing up; [m. 62] How about Rocks?; [m. 63] He ought to have it by now; [m. 64] This is the last of it; [m. 66] Yeah and scatter the mob; [m. 67] Oh, O.K. come here; [m. 68] Let me see your eyes; [m. 69] Now stretch your arms; [m. 70] Butch & O.K.
Orchestration annotations: [m. 59] harp + W.W. (some str) / celli; [m. 62] pizz celli; [m. 63] add basses; [m. 66] fl + oboe / harp gliss G minor; [m. 67] timp roll; [m. 68] str divisi; [m. 69] sax
Analysis: This cue contains a series of tense, dissonant gestures, including a five-note (026) ostinato and a series of parallel augmented major seventh chords (major seventh chord with a sharp fifth)
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augmented major 7th chord | chromatic parallelism | criminal | dissonant bass | doctor | examining | gangster | leading man | ostinato | pc set | robbery | rooftop | tense | thief | underscoring | walking | working

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