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Key Largo (1948) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]

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Instance
Theme name: Bus Stops
Start time: 0:01:42
End time: 0:02:01
Total duration: 0:00:19
Page #: 6
Measure #: 37
Scene: Main Title
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 63
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: The bus stops
Description: As the bus stops, the whirling gesture stops, becoming a high, sustained pitch (we also hear squealing of brakes here); then, as the police car stops, we hear a low stinger, signifying trouble; next, we hear a three-note gesture that is bounded by a descending tritone (representing more trouble afoot); ends with a drone
Music annotations: [m. 37] sfz; [m. 38] meno
Film annotations: [m. 37] Bus stops
Tags

bus | car | establish setting | police | stopping | street | tense

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