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Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 1:14:53
End time: 1:15:29
Total duration: 0:00:36
Page #: 102
Measure #: 53
Scene: Reel 8 Part 4
Key: d
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 72
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Mildred and Monte argue
Description: Dramatic stingers in this tense underscoring passage accent bitter statements in Monte and Mildred's dialogue
Music annotations: [m. 55] sfz-p / sfz; [m. 56] molto rit e cresc; [m. 57] sfz-p; [m. 58] lunga / a tempo / f; [m. 59] molto cresc
Film annotations: [m. 53] I don't notice; [m. 55] Take it easy, Mildred!; [m. 57] I always knew; [m. 59] You can go back / We're through!; [m. 60] He walks
Orchestration annotations: [m. 53] horns (muted) flutter and ?
Analysis: A cadence in d minor is set up but evaded
Tags

9th chord | added-note chord | arguing | bitter | breakup | conflict | deceptive resolution | heroine | leading lady | love interest | room | tense | underscoring

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