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Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)


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Instance
Theme name: Shelly
Start time: 0:07:42
End time: 0:08:04
Total duration: 0:00:22
Page #: 11
Measure #: 5
Scene: Reel 1 Part 3
Key: D
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 69
Marking: Tranquillo
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Shelly wakes up
Description: We hear gentle oscillating music as Shelly wakes up; this becomes her main theme
Music annotations: [m. 5] tranquillo / pp subito / dolce / legato; [m. 6] b; [m. 7] pp
Film annotations: [m. 5] Dissolve; [m. 6] Opens eyes; [m. 8] Into dialogue
Orchestration annotations: [m. 5] vibra pp let it ring - no roll / violins divisi / strgs only and harp; [m. 7] 2 flts
Analysis: This theme has two motives: motive A is a simple 2-note oscillating gesture and motive B is a 4-note sixteenth-note gesture with a flexible leap; as the cue progresses, fragmentation occurs, ending with a slowly repeated motive A
Tags

actor | augmentation | calm | deceleration | establish character | fragmentation | leading lady | ostinato | owner | room | waking

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