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Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 0:11:13
End time: 0:12:06
Total duration: 0:00:53
Page #: 29
Measure #: 94
Scene: Reel 1 Part 4
Key: unstable
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 60
Marking: Modto misterioso
Instrumentation: strings, brass
Description
On-screen: Policemen investigate the scene
Description: Tense underscoring as the policemen investigate the scene; the repeated three-note rising chromatic gestures are reminiscent of Wagner
Music annotations: [m. 94] mf; [m. 95] sfz; [m. 99] p; [m. 100] f
Film annotations: [m. 94] Light on hand; [m. 96] I'm so smart; [m. 97] They walk to car; [m. 98] Dissolve; [m. 100] Cop turns head; [m. 102] You never saw one DEADER!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 94] W.W. / harp; [m. 95] marimba / vibra / harp / pizz + piano (pedal); [m. 96] harp; [m. 97] harp / timp; [m. 98] add pizz (harps + piano ring on); [m. 99] horns? / violas; [m. 100] gong / add tuba + trb
Analysis: Thick chords over a dissonant bass, ending with an E7b5 chord
Tags

action scene | altered dominant | beach | conversing | dissonant bass | friend | mysterious | police | searching | sequence | tense | underscoring | victim

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