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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 0:42:08
End time: 0:42:29
Total duration: 0:00:21
Page #: 60
Measure #: 10
Scene: Reel 5 Part 1
Key: f#
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 76
Marking: Pomposo
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Jonathan talks to the aunts
Description: Tense underscoring
Music annotations: [m. 10] p / pomposo / morendo; [m. 13] sfz; [m. 14] no tremolo / molto rit / p subito / morendo / pp
Film annotations: [m. 10] I see - you're still wearing
Orchestration annotations: [m. 10] vibra / 1 trpt mutes and felts / 1 trb / str + W.W. / harp + piano; [m. 13] 2 horns muted + E.H / cont vibra; [m. 14] vibra
Analysis: Features parallel triads in f# minor
Tags

aunt | brother | conversing | crazy person | criminal | doctor | establish character | leading lady | leading man | murderer | mysterious | parallelism | room | tense | underscoring

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