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Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)


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Instance
Theme name: Lightning 3
Start time: 0:01:02
End time: 0:01:23
Total duration: 0:00:21
Page #: 5
Measure #: 33
Scene: Main Title
Key: g
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 76
Marking: Triste
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Title card, cast list and prison
Description: The final part of the main title sequence features a new theme (not borrowed from In This Our Life) that is presented in low brass and strings, leading into the opening scene; this theme is dark and somber, followed by a solemn Amen cadence in minor
Music annotations: [m. 33] triste; [m. 35] molto expressivo; [m. 36] legato; [m. 37] andante; [m. 39] pp / p subito / mf / mp; [m. 40] rall / pp / let it ring; [m. 41] pp
Film annotations: [m. 39] Dialogue; [m. 41] Father rises
Orchestration annotations: [m. 33] organ trpts 3 a 2 felts; [m. 35] violins violas celli / organ + W. wind / horns; [m. 36] tutti; [m. 37] W.W. / horns a 4 / tutti / pianos too; [m. 39] chimes (soft hammer - one man) / horn + E.H.
Analysis: Steiner adds some intentional dissonances to the initial chord progression
Tags

cast list | common-tone diminished 7th | conversing | dark | guard | opening title sequence | priest | prison | somber | warden

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