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The Informer (1935)

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Instance
Theme name: Rule, Britannia!
Composer: Thomas Arne; arranged by Max Steiner
Start time: 0:02:32
End time: 0:02:47
Total duration: 0:00:15
Page #: 10
Measure #: 39
Scene: Reel 1
Key: bb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 80
Marking: Risoluto
Instrumentation: brass
Description
On-screen: Close-up on the 20 pound reward on the poster
Description: Rule, Britannia is played in minor, representing the British (and the reward for Frankie McPhillip)
Music annotations: [m. 39] ff; [m. 41] rit
Film annotations: [m. 39] "20 pounds reward"
Orchestration annotations: [m. 39] timp; [m. 40] timp
Analysis: The tune is recast in minor and combined with a descending chromatic line
Tags

British | dark | establish character | familiar tune | leading man | linear chromaticism | looking | mode change | patriotic tune | poster | source music | street | tense

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