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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)


Home > Film: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse > Theme: Underscoring (Mysterious) > Instance: 0:57:58




Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Mysterious)
Start time: 0:57:58
End time: 0:58:18
Total duration: 0:00:20
Page #: 52
Measure #: 8
Scene: Reel 6 Part 2
Key: unstable - Ab
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 72
Marking: Risoluto
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Dr. Clitterhouse talks with Jo
Description: Mysterious underscoring; starts tensely as Rocks takes apart the phone, but soon dies down
Music annotations: [m. 8] accel / tutti / ff; [m. 9] slower / p-subito; [m. 10] a tempo; [m. 11] ten; [m. 12] enharmonic
Film annotations: [m. 8] Dissolve; [m. 9] I'm not in any particular hurry; [m. 10] I'm not either; [m. 11] You once
Orchestration annotations: [m. 8] trbs, horns, etc; [m. 9] brass out; [m. 10] cel added; [m. 12] harp / horn
Analysis: By the end of the cue, a clear V7 prepares the arrival of Ab major
Tags

conversing | doctor | gangster | leading lady | leading man | love scene | mysterious | room | tense

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