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Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Instance
Start time: 1:47:28
End time: 1:47:42
Total duration: 0:00:14
Page #: 142
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 12 Part 2
Key: unstable - e
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 90
Marking: Modto quasi maestoso
Instrumentation: brass
Description
On-screen: Monte is shot
Description: Dramatic brass accents and timpani rolls as Monte is shot, with staggered descending gestures as he falls, and a low sustained pedal tone as he hits the ground; this is almost the same as the cue from the beginning of the film when Monte was shot by a mystery hand, but Steiner extends it a little bit here
Music annotations: [m. 1] ff / tutti / Somewhat like Main Title bars 54 etc; [m. 3] a tempo / sfz / sfz / molto
Film annotations: [m. 3] Dead
Orchestration annotations: [m. 2] timp [crescendo]; [m. 3] gong
Analysis: Features parallel major 7th chords; this variant is extended from CM7 down to GM7
Tags

antagonist | chromatic parallelism | collapsing | death | dying | falling | gun | gunshot | major 7th chord | mickey-mousing | murder | murderer | murder scene | room | staggering | tragic

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