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The Most Dangerous Game (1932) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]


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Instance
Theme names: Russian Waltz + The Iron Door
Start time: 0:29:10
End time: 0:29:31
Total duration: 0:00:21
Page #: 13
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 4
Meter: 12/8
Tempo (bpm): 48
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Solo Instrument: flute, bass clarinet; contrabassoon; harp
Description
On-screen: Bob wakes up
Description: As Bob slowly wakes up to someone knocking at the bedroom door, we hear a mysterious whole-variant on the Russian Waltz theme, played by solo flute over tremolo strings; it is answered by a statement of the "Iron Door" motive as the camera focuses on the iron bedroom door opening
Music annotations: [m. 1] adagio / p / pp; [m. 2] pp
Film annotations: [m. 1] Cue: Armstrong laughs! / (Joe in bed asleep); [m. 3] Knocks on door
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] flute / strings; [m. 2] b. cl. / contra bassoon; [m. 3] piano or harp solo
Tags

barking | bed | castle | combination of themes | door | knocking | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | opening | sleeping | turning point | waking