| Description |
| On-screen: |
Warner Brothers shield |
| Description: |
Opening WB fanfare, extended by a few measures so that the main theme begins when the name of the film appears on-screen |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 1] from main title "Gold is Where You Find It" one tone lower; [m. 2] fix! / fix; [m. 4] ritenuto |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 1] W.B. Shield; [m. 3] Cagney |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 2] timp; [m. 3] 4 trbs |
| Analysis: |
The fanfare begins in Bb, oscillating between chromatic mediants before arriving on an A major triad that is prolonged, becoming a dominant 7th that shares a common tone with the Gb sonority that the fanfare arrives at |
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| Tags |
bold | chromatic mediant | city | common-tone dominant 7th | fanfare | opening title sequence | oscillation | skyline | starring list | WB shield
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