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Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Instance
Gesture name: Monte is shot
Start time: 0:01:50
End time: 0:01:59
Total duration: 0:00:09
Page #: 12
Measure #: 54
Scene: Main Title
Key: unstable - e
Meter: 6/8
Tempo (bpm): 90
Marking: Slowly
Instrumentation: brass
Description
On-screen: Monte is shot
Description: Dramatic brass accents and timpani rolls as Monte is shot, with a descending gesture as he stumbles and falls, and a low sustained pedal tone as he hits the ground
Music annotations: [m. 54] molto marcato / ff-p; [m. 55] accell; [m. 56] dim
Film annotations: [m. 54] 6th shot / He falls; [m. 55] On floor / Revolver hits; [m. 56] Back / Mildred!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 54] tutti (pianos - trbs tuba str); [m. 56] gong
Analysis: Features parallel major 7th chords
Tags

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

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