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City for Conquest (1940)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 1:14:48
End time: 1:15:00
Total duration: 0:00:12
Page #: 61
Measure #: 38
Scene: Reel 9 Part 1
Key: unstable - a
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Googi threatens Cobb
Description: Tense underscoring as Googi continues to threaten Cobb and the car pulls to a stop
Music annotations: [m. 38] sfz-p (subito)
Film annotations: [m. 38] Listen, rat; [m. 39] If Danny; [m. 40] Lamps go out!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 38] timp + gong
Analysis: Features parallel triadic gestures over a dissonant chromatic bass line
Tags

car | car | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | criminal | dissonant bass | driving | gangster | manager | murder | murderer | murder scene | ominous | tense | threatening

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