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They Made Me a Criminal (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: The Arena
Start time: 1:01:22
End time: 1:01:48
Total duration: 0:00:26
Page #: 44
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 7 Part II
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 88
Marking: Mysterioso
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: A fight poster
Description: Low-register melody with ascending sequential gestures, interrupted by a muted brass fanfare when the detective sees a poster advertising the "main event"; brighter music for the transition into the march
Music annotations: [m. 1] cue: X X X / rubato / mp; [m. 2] a tempo; [m. 4] pp / a sort of "ethereal" fanfare (may be pp trpts and W.W. mixed); [m. 5] a tempo; [m. 6] lightly
Film annotations: [m. 2] Detective appears; [m. 3] He stops; [m. 4] The Poster; [m. 5] He turns; [m. 6] Garfield enters; [m. 7] Did you pass allright?
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] timp roll pp; [m. 2] str / harp added to melody; [m. 5] str cont.; [m. 6] str; [m. 7] harp added; [m. 8] bassoon solo
Analysis: The fanfare is in the key of C major over a German augmented sixth chord in E minor
Tags

advance plot | augmented sixth chord | dark | detective | fanfare | leading man | light | polytonality | poster | street | thinking

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