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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Instance
Theme name: Signature
Start time: 0:00:00
End time: 0:00:13
Total duration: 0:00:13
Page #: 1
Measure #: 1
Scene: Fanfare
Key: C - Db
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 80
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: WB shield
Description: Warner Brothers fanfare in C major, extended by two measures
Music annotations: [m. 1] from M. Title "Gold is Where You Find it" orig key; [m. 2] ff; [m. 3] sf-z / fff / gliss
Film annotations: [m. 3] Grant and Lane
Orchestration annotations: [m. 3] add vibraph
Analysis: The fanfare resolves to Db major by reinterpreting sharps enharmonically as flats
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added-note chord | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | foreign key modulation | opening title sequence | phrase extension | WB shield

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