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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Theme name: Signature
Start time: 0:00:00
End time: 0:00:08
Total duration: 0:00:08
Page #: 1
Measure #: 1
Scene: Main Title
Key: C - unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 80
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: WB shield
Description: Warner Brothers signature
Music annotations: [m. 1] from M. Title Gold is where you find it!
Analysis: The fanfare begins in C major, oscillating between chromatic mediants before arriving on an B major triad, which then resolves to an unsettling whole-tone chord (02468)
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added-note chord | bold | chromatic mediant | fanfare | opening title sequence | starring list | voice-exchange | WB shield | whole-tone chord

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