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Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Instance
Theme name: Secret Revealed
Start time: 0:39:10
End time: 0:39:22
Total duration: 0:00:12
Page #: 57
Measure #: 14
Scene: Reel 5 Part 1
Key: unstable
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 112
Marking: Misterioso
Instrumentation: woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Mildred argues with Veda
Description: Tense, chromatic music as Mildred argues with her daughter about the secret she has uncovered (Mildred's job as a waitress); features shrill, harsh woodwinds
Music annotations: [m. 15] mf; [m. 16] Hugo! As "nasty" as possible - (W.W. only???) / cresc
Film annotations: [m. 14] You knew; [m. 18] My mother
Orchestration annotations: [m. 15] clts / E.H. / add bassoons
Analysis: Features a chromatic wedge gesture that passes through a variety of sonority types, culminating in an octatonic chord (8-28)
Tags

angry | arguing | child | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | chromatic wedge | conflict | harsh | heroine | leading lady | linear chromaticism | octatonic chord | room | tense

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