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Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)


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Instance
Theme names: Shelly + Shelly 2
Start time: 0:24:05
End time: 0:24:34
Total duration: 0:00:29
Page #: 27
Measure #: 32
Scene: Reel 3 Part 2
Key: E - Eb - A
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 72
Marking: Molto misterioso
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Shelly looks around the ranch
Description: Shelly's theme slows down and softens as she gets out of the car and walks around the ranch; the theme becomes more mysterious when she can't find anyone in the office
Music annotations: [m. 32] molto misterioso / mf; [m. 35] cresc; [m. 38] pp
Film annotations: [m. 32] Gets out; [m. 37] Turns
Orchestration annotations: [m. 32] soli W.W. / (cue in organ (screwy)) / violins and violas celli / trbs horns (felts); [m. 37] pianos violas celli 2 clts; [m. 38] pp timp / violins
Analysis: The Shelly 2 theme is fragmented, repeating the latter half of the theme, over unpredictable tonal shifts (E - Eb - A major)
Tags

actor | arriving | calm | combination of themes | fragmentation | leading lady | mysterious | ostinato | ranch | sequential modulation | transition | walking

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