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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 0:58:10
End time: 0:58:28
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 78
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 6 Part 2A
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 168
Marking: Agitato con brio
Instrumentation: strings, special group
Description
On-screen: Someone knocks at the door
Description: Tense tremolo strings and celeste glissandi as Dr. Einstein reacts to the knock at the door
Music annotations: [m. 1] Cue: X X X / agitato con brio / sfz-p (subito); [m. 8] gliss
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] str div (tremolo) / vibraphone; [m. 2] cel + piano (let it ring); [m. 6] add 2 flts; [m. 7] flts
Analysis: Tense (01369) chords in a chromatic rising sequence
Tags

advance plot | brother | chromatic scale | conversing | corpse | crazy person | darkness | doctor | knocking | leading man | murderer | pc set | room | sequence | sneaking | tense | underscoring

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