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His Greatest Gamble (1934)


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Instance
Theme name: Bavardage
Composer: Gustav Klemm
Start time: 0:01:10
End time: 0:02:35
Total duration: 0:01:25
Page #: no score available
Measure #: no score available
Scene: no score available
Key: C
Meter: 2/2
Tempo (bpm): 100
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds, orchestra
Description
On-screen: The beach
Description: Light, upbeat theme for winds and strings to establish the setting; on-screen we see a coastal town and luggage stickers for coastal resorts in France (Biarritz, Deauville, Nice, and Monte Carlo), followed by a shot of a spinning roulette wheel; the light music correlates with these images to inform the listener that the movie is set on the French Caribbean coast and involves upper-class travelers who gamble; the tune itself is taken from silent film music
Tags

AABA structure | beach | casino | establish character | establish place | establish setting | gambler | gambling | leading man | luggage | pleasant | roulette wheel | transcribed by ear | upbeat