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The Breaking Point (1950)


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Instance
Theme name: Transition
Start time: 0:00:07
End time: 0:00:25
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 1
Measure #: 3
Scene: Main Title
Key: C - D - Eb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 92
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Birds flying
Description: A repeating three-note gesture is used in a transitional passage between the opening fanfare and the main theme of the opening title sequence; it starts tense, then calms halfway through
Music annotations: [m. 3] con 8va; morend / (big arp) / sfz; [m. 5] con 8va; [m. 6] 8va
Orchestration annotations: [m. 3] a2 / out / tpts / hns. / w.w. viole celli vib / trbs tuba etc; [m. 4] out; [m. 5] out / w.w. piano vib; [m. 6] out; [m. 7] timp & cymbal
Analysis: This passage rises sequentially through C, D, and Eb major
Tags

bird | boat | calm | chromatic scale | conductor score | harbor | opening title sequence | sequential modulation | starring list | tense

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