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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 1:32:35
End time: 1:32:56
Total duration: 0:00:21
Page #: 90
Measure #: 51
Scene: Reel 9 Part 1
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 56
Instrumentation: special group
Solo Instrument: celeste
Description
On-screen: They toast to Mortimer
Description: Tense underscoring as Jonathan and Dr. Einstein prepare to drink a toast to Mortimer
Music annotations: [m. 51] p; [m. 53] pp / morendo / ppp; [m. 54] pp / ppp
Film annotations: [m. 51] C. U. Jonathan / One hand; [m. 53] To my dear dead brother!; [m. 54] They clink glasses / Bugle
Orchestration annotations: [m. 51] basses + Hammond organ / gong / pianos (let it ring); [m. 52] timp p; [m. 54] celeste solo
Analysis: This cue begins with a Cb | F polychord and ends with a high-register (0124568) sonority as they clink glasses
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alcohol | brother | captive | clinking | conflict | crazy person | doctor | fear | glass effect | leading man | murderer | mysterious | pc set | polychord | room | tense | toasting | underscoring | victim

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