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The Public Defender (1931)

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Instance
Theme name: Public Defender
Start time: 0:00:14
End time: 0:00:41
Total duration: 0:00:27
Page #: no score available
Measure #: no score available
Scene: no score available
Key: G - D
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Title and balancing scales (in motion)
Description: Romantic theme for strings in a slow 3/4 tempo; broad and full, with mostly descending scalar motion
Analysis: An ascending melodic sequence in the first half of the theme generates expressive tension leading to the climax
Tags

balancing | deceptive resolution | main title | opening title sequence | romantic | scale | sequence | starring list | transcribed by ear

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