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Kid Galahad (1937)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tender)
Start time: 1:38:49
End time: 1:39:15
Total duration: 0:00:26
Page #: 11
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 11
Key: unstable - Bb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 88
Marking: Agitato
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Nick lies dying on a table
Description: Sad and tender underscore (mostly strings and harp) as Nick lies dying from a gunshot wound
Music annotations: [m. 2] mf / rall; [m. 3] funebre / slow; [m. 6] rit; [m. 7] p / (dolce); [m. 8] appassionato / mf / This sequence starts at deathbed of Robinson! (end of picture); [m. 9] rit e dim
Film annotations: [m. 1] Cue: XXX; "Nicky!" / 2 girls run in; [m. 3] "Nicky!" (again) / Robinson eyes closed; [m. 5] Hello Marie!; [m. 6] You'll be alright!; [m. 7] Oh no!; [m. 8] Nicky, you've got to get well!; [m. 9] For all of us!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] str + W.W.; [m. 4] celli / violas; [m. 7] solo viol (dolce); [m. 8] all violins / harp; [m. 9] harp
Analysis: The cue begins unstably with linear chromaticism, then gravitates towards Bb over a dominant pedal on F
Tags

climax | dying | linear chromaticism | manager | pedal tone | room | somber | tender

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