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Her Kind of Man (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Water
Start time: 1:17:41
End time: 1:18:02
Total duration: 0:00:21
Page #: 17
Measure #: 84
Scene: Reel 8 Part 2
Key: eb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 40
Marking: Adagio
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Steve's corpse
Description: After a final dramatic stinger as we see Steve's lifeless body on the street, Steiner creates a water effect with trilling strings that ascend slowly as we see water flowing and then swirling down a drain; the camera then pans up to a street sign that says "One-Way Street"
Music annotations: [m. 84] sf-p / sf-p; [m. 86] swell; [m. 87] dim / simile
Film annotations: [m. 84] Dissolve; [m. 85] Water effect; [m. 87] Water effect out / on 3rd beat
Orchestration annotations: [m. 84] 2 pianos + vibra / add harps bisb; [m. 85] cymbal roll; [m. 86] col W.W. viol
Analysis: Resolves in the dark key of eb minor
Tags

9th chord | corpse | criminal | death | flowing | gambler | henchman | leading lady | leading man | murderer | panning shot | police | reporter | resolution | singer | street | swirling | tense | tragic | voice-over | water | water effect | wife

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