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Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)


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Instance
Theme name: Jerry
Start time: 1:11:35
End time: 1:12:27
Total duration: 0:00:52
Page #: 54
Measure #: 42
Scene: Reel 8 Part I
Key: D - C# - D
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 54
Marking: Quasi Religioso (con schmaltzo)
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Jerry talks to Laury
Description: Tender, melodic string theme as Jerry tells Laury about his friendship with Rocky; it is an emotional climax in the film
Music annotations: [m. 42] slowly / sul g / a tempo; [m. 48] divisi; [m. 49] rall e dim; [m. 50] div / poco appassionato (stringy ethereal etc) / p / mf; [m. 52] accel; [m. 53] Heartbreak - verstehst! / ten / f / rit
Film annotations: [m. 42] We both love him father; [m. 44] Stole together; [m. 47] Anything in the world / I'd give my life; [m. 48] But it wouldn't; [m. 50] Whom I don't want to see; [m. 52] You see, Laurie; [m. 53] I can't!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 42] harp; [m. 43] vibra; [m. 44] harp; [m. 46] harp / harp; [m. 49] harp and?; [m. 53] 2 harps - piano add 2 (pronounced)
Analysis: Jerry's theme begins in D major, turns unexpectedly to C# major, then returns just as unexpectedly to D major; the cue ends with a deceptive arrival on a bVII7
Tags

9th chord | advance plot | deceptive resolution | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love interest | memory | pleading | priest | room | tender

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