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The Informer (1935)


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Instance
Theme name: Katie
Start time: 0:04:31
End time: 0:05:03
Total duration: 0:00:32
Page #: 13
Measure #: 79
Scene: Reel 1
Key: g - f - eb - unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 96
Marking: Modto
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Katie walks down the street
Description: Bluesy theme with syncopation and swing rhythms representing Katie; the descending sequences built into the theme paint her as downtrodden and weary
Music annotations: [m. 79] p; [m. 80] rall; [m. 81] a tempo; [m. 82] rall; [m. 85] poco accel; [m. 86] rall; [m. 87] rall
Film annotations: [m. 86] Katie at post
Orchestration annotations: [m. 79] str / bass pizz; [m. 84] harp; [m. 86] solo violin / harp; [m. 87] flute
Analysis: This theme unusually modulates down by major seconds (from g to f to eb) before becoming harmonic unstable
Tags

establish character | foreign key modulation | leading lady | parallelism | seductive | staring | street | sultry | walking

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