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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)


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Instance
Theme name: Stinger
Start time: 0:52:41
End time: 0:52:48
Total duration: 0:00:07
Page #: 71
Measure #: 21
Scene: Reel 6 Part 1
Key: unstable
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 112
Instrumentation: brass, orchestra
Description
On-screen: Jonathan suddenly appears at the window
Description: As Jonathan suddenly enters through the window, we hear a huge dramatic stinger with loud brass
Music annotations: [m. 21] fff; [m. 22] molto rit
Film annotations: [m. 21] Curtains open
Orchestration annotations: [m. 21] no violins or violas / horns / trpts (open) / W.W. (flutter) / vibra / (Novachord) / T.C. (hand) ff / timp ff / tutti trbs tuba etc / str / (piano - let it ring) / 2 harps
Analysis: This surprising stinger is an (02468) whole-tone chord
Tags

advance plot | aunt | brother | crazy person | dramatic | harsh | leading lady | leading man | murderer | opening | room | stinger | surprise | whole-tone chord | window

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