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The Informer (1935)


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Instance
Theme name: The Informer
Start time: 0:00:14
End time: 0:00:46
Total duration: 0:00:32
Page #: 2
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 1
Key: e Dorian - e
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 76
Marking: Modto Maestoso
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Shadows move across the screen behind the cast list
Description: This is the main theme for the film; it is a minor-mode, folk-like melody with a "Scotch snap" that establishes the setting as the British Isles; it also creates a somber mood with its slow, march-like rhythms, accompanied by shadows of marching soldiers on the screen
Music annotations: [m. 1] ff; [m. 3] ff / sfz; [m. 4] sfz; [m. 6] sfz / legato; [m. 7] sfz; [m. 8] sfz; [m. 9] sfz; [m. 10] sffz; [m. 11] dim / f / (heavyly)
Analysis: The raised C# in the accompaniment gives the theme a modal (Dorian) feel
Tags

cast list | Dorian mode | folk-like | informer | marching | minor pentatonic | mysterious | opening title sequence | Scotch snap | searching | serious | shadow | soldier | street | title of film

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