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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)


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Instance
Theme name: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Composer: Patrick Gilmore
Start time: 0:49:45
End time: 0:50:31
Total duration: 0:00:46
Page #: NIS
Measure #: NIS
Scene: not in score
Key: f#
Meter: 12/8
Tempo (bpm): 80
Instrumentation: orchestra
Solo Instrument: whistler
Description
On-screen: Dr. Einstein spies on Teddy
Description: Teddy whistles "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" off-screen as he digs; the tune is relevant to the plot since Jonathan has recently come home; it overlaps with the tense underscoring, the Scar theme, and part of the Aunts theme in Steiner's score but does not interact with them (not a combination of themes)
Tags

advance plot | brother | crazy person | criminal | dark | digging | doctor | familiar tune | leading man | march | murderer | on-screen music | patriotic tune | room | source and scoring overlap | tense | whistling