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Hold ‘Em Jail (1932)

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Instance
Theme name: Bide-More Alma Mater
Composer: Harold Lewis; Ralph Murphy; arranged
Start time: 0:00:46
End time: 0:01:11
Total duration: 0:00:25
Page #: NIS
Measure #: NIS
Scene: no score available
Key: C - e - C
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 152
Instrumentation: wind band
Description
On-screen: Cast list and prison sign
Description: The main title music is the school fight song for Bidemore State Penitentiary, played over the background of a college stadium; at the end of the cue we see a sign for "Bidemore State Penitentiary"
Analysis: The first half of the tune moves to the minor mediant (iii); a quick countermelody is added over the tune in the second half, which ends with an evaded cadence that is interrupted by a reappearance of "The Prisoner's Song"
Tags

cast list | cheerful | common-chord modulation | common-tone diminished 7th | countermelody | establish place | opening title sequence | transcribed by ear | upbeat

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