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Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)


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Instance
Theme names: Shelly + Shelly 2
Start time: 0:43:13
End time: 0:43:38
Total duration: 0:00:25
Page #: 50
Measure #: 55
Scene: Reel 5 Part 2
Key: D - C
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 80
Marking: Expressivo
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Shelly on a cliff
Description: We hear a tense variant on the Shelly 2 theme that is combined with a calmer Shelly theme as she gets down from the cliff
Music annotations: [m. 55] expr / no tremolo / mp / arpeggio; [m. 56] p; [m. 57] accell; [m. 60] slower; [m. 61] morendo; [m. 62] poco rall
Film annotations: [m. 55] It's allright; [m. 60] Looks down
Orchestration annotations: [m. 55] violins / violas / W.W. / horns / basses / celli; [m. 56] E.H. and?; [m. 57] add vibra / 2 clts / violas harp / add piano; [m. 58] violas etc col viol; [m. 60] p gong; [m. 61] harp+ piano
Analysis: There is some dark mode mixture where Steiner writes that Shelly "Looks down" (moving unexpectedly to C minor, then resolving to C major)
Tags

actor | calm | cliff | combination of themes | conversing | countryside | falling in love scene | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love interest | mode mixture | ostinato | romance | suspect | tense

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