| Description |
| On-screen: |
Johnnie walks |
| Description: |
Lush strings play a weary and wandering theme associated with Johnnie, a fugitive from the law |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 4] sostenuto / a tempo (almost tutti) / f; [m. 7] delicato |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 4] Dissolve / Garfield walking slowly |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 4] violins and violas oboe etc. / horn + E.H. (or celli??) / harp added; [m. 7] harps |
| Analysis: |
This theme has a wandering character tonally, starting in E major but drifting immediately to F major (the key of the Neapolitan) before cadencing in E; the second phrase moves from E major to F major as well, but cadences in D major; a preponderance of dominant seventh and ninth chords gives the cue a bluesy feel |
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| Tags |
9th chord | advance plot | altered dominant | desert | foreign key modulation | leading man | Neapolitan | tired | traveling | walking | wandering
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