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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Instance
Theme name: Chromatic Fall
Start time: 0:00:58
End time: 0:01:10
Total duration: 0:00:12
Page #: 5
Measure #: 42
Scene: Main Title
Key: unstable
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Max Steiner's name
Description: A chromatic falling gesture ends the main title sequence
Music annotations: [m. 42] (expressivo) / ff / loco; [m. 50] dim e rit
Orchestration annotations: [m. 42] picc / W.W. / str div / W.W. / vibraph / celeste + piano / celli / gong / timp
Analysis: Features parallel 42 chords in a four-note falling chromatic gesture over a series of pedal tones
Tags

42 chord | cast list | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | dramatic | opening title sequence | pedal tone

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