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Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Instance
Theme name: Murdered Man
Start time: 0:10:06
End time: 0:10:21
Total duration: 0:00:15
Page #: 24
Measure #: 49
Scene: Reel 1 Part 4
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 140
Instrumentation: brass, orchestra
Description
On-screen: Wally discovers the body
Description: A four-note chromatic descending gesture accompanies Wally's discovery of the murdered man; dark, heavy, unison statement in the low register
Music annotations: [m. 52] mf; [m. 54] mp; [m. 55] mf
Film annotations: [m. 49] Walks slow; [m. 52] Kneels; [m. 53] Both / C.U.; [m. 54] Phone rings; [m. 55] Looks; [m. 56] Looks at body
Orchestration annotations: [m. 52] add violas??; [m. 57] Harps celeste vibraphone?? (let freely) / bassoon
Analysis: Linear chromaticism changes the chord from CM7 to C7 to Cm7 to a65
Tags

action scene | corpse | dark | death | dramatic | friend | linear chromaticism | looking | mickey-mousing | murder | room | split-7th chord | telephone | tense | victim

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