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Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Instance
Theme name: Walking
Start time: 0:42:58
End time: 0:43:32
Total duration: 0:00:34
Page #: 68
Measure #: 11
Scene: Reel 5 Part 2
Key: Eb - D - C
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 104
Marking: Modto
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Solo Instrument: oboe
Description
On-screen: Mildred and Wally walk to the house
Description: Upbeat walking music with a "boom-chuck" accompaniment as Wally and Mildred walk into the beach house; when they get inside of the house, the music winds down slowly as they stop and look around
Music annotations: [m. 11] legato; [m. 14] meno; [m. 18] simile; [m. 19] legato; [m. 30] rall
Film annotations: [m. 11] Door slam; [m. 15] Inside; [m. 31] Into dialogue
Orchestration annotations: [m. 11] add vibra / W.W. / harp / celeste / piano / violas arco; [m. 14] harp / cel / piano / flts; [m. 25] W.W. + vibra; [m. 29] soli oboe / cl + vibra
Analysis: Features diatonic planing over a tonic pedal in Eb, D, and C major
Tags

added-note chord | arriving | beach house | excited | friend | heroine | leading lady | mickey-mousing | ocean | parallelism | transition | walking

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