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Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)


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Instance
Theme name: Lightning 2
Borrowed from: In This Our Life (1942)
Start time: 0:00:41
End time: 0:01:02
Total duration: 0:00:21
Page #: 3
Measure #: 21
Scene: Main Title
Key: Db - g
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 112
Marking: Expressivo
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Title card, cast list and prison
Description: The second part of the main title theme (also borrowed from In This Our Life) features descending chromatic lines, slowly losing steam as it progresses
Music annotations: [m. 21] f / expressivo / dim; [m. 22] legato; [m. 23] quasi rubato / rubato; [m. 24] rall / a tempo; [m. 25] ff; [m. 26] p; [m. 27] simile / accell; [m. 28] ff / gliss / ff; [m. 29] meno / strongly / f / quasi soli; [m. 32] pp
Orchestration annotations: [m. 21] strings W.W. / piano vibra / strings W.W. organ (or Novach) / 1st + 2nd horn (morendo) / gong / trb 1st and trb a 2 / tuba / bass / 3rd + 4th horn; [m. 22] timp cresc (thunder effect); [m. 23] 2 trpts (felts a 2) one muted; [m. 25] hand cymbal / s dr (rim) / a 4; [m. 26] a 1; [m. 29] horns a 4; [m. 30] a 2; [m. 31] add organ (screwy)
Analysis: Features chromatically descending parallel major triads over a dominant pedal in Db major and parallel minor triads over a dominant pedal in g minor
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cast list | chromatic parallelism | dark | opening title sequence | parallelism | pedal tone | self-borrowing | thunder effect

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