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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Instance
Theme name: Jonathan 2
Start time: 0:43:08
End time: 0:43:20
Total duration: 0:00:12
Page #: 62
Measure #: 29
Scene: Reel 5 Part 1
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 63
Marking: Slower (heavily)
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Jonathan talks about the operation
Description: As Jonathan grabs Dr. Einstein, we hear the wedge-like Jonathan 2 theme
Music annotations: [m. 29] slower (heavily) / mp; [m. 30] from Reel 4 Part 2 orig key
Film annotations: [m. 29] Johnny grabs him
Analysis: Features a chromatically descending bass line that is dissonant against the thick triadic chords above it, creating an expanding wedge that culminates in a clash between an F# minor-major 7th and a G major triad (an 0124689 sonority)
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aunt | brother | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | crazy person | criminal | dark | dissonant bass | doctor | establish character | grabbing | leading lady | leading man | murderer | ominous | pc set | room | struggling | threatening

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